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DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER, 

AS DETERMINED BY THE TEACHINGS OP 

PHYSIOGNOMY, 
PHYSIOLOGY 

AND 

PHRENOLOGY, 



CONTAINING A SPECIAL DELINEATION OF THE DISPOSITION, TALENTS, 

TASTES, PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS APTITUDES, 

ABILITIES, ETC., 

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AS GIVEN BY 



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By aXtLEARY. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 

FOR SALE BY 
APPLEGATE & CO., 

43 MAIN STREET, CINCINNATI. 



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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1858, 

By A. O'LEARY, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the 
Southern District of Ohio. 



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14. Passional Temp't, . . . 

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58. Mirthfulness, 
































60. Intellect, 


































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71. Language, 


































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CHARACTER OF 



AS MARKED BY 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES. 

The printed figures on the left of any condition designate the page 
of "Description of Character, by A. O'Leary," on which the explana- 
tion of that condition commences. The pen or pencil mark, made by 
the examiner in the table opposite it, points out the degree of its 
strength in your case — you whose character is marked herein. Look- 
ing at the head of the column in which such mark is made, you find 
the size or degree specified. If it be marked plus (-}-), it signifies that 
you are, in that particular, about one-third of the difference between 
that size and the next, stronger than the definition given; if marked 
minus, that you are one-third- less; if with a simple downward stroke 
( | ), or a point ( • ), that yon are just what the definition declares ; 
if marked in two columns, that you are about half-way between — 
stronger than the lower, but weaker than the higher; if marked with a 
triangle (A), that you are liable to a derangement of that condition or 
organ, to a feverish or otherwise morbid action of it; the triangle oppo- 
site the size of the brain, that you have a tendency to insanity of the 
mind, though not necessarily insane; opposite a temperament, that you 
are diseased in its action. 

For Professions, Trades, Business, etc., see pages 79, 80. 

The dash ( — ) opposite any one of them, signifies that that is the one 
the examiner would recommend you to pursue. Of course, he is not 
expected to mark them all, nor many of them, in any way, for one per- 
son, unless especially requested so to do, and compensated for the extra 
trouble; and in that case, where he places the figure one (1) opposite 
any of them, it is to denote that you would be likely to fail utterly in 
it; the figure two (2), that your success will be but meager, poor, or, at 
most, ordinary ; three (3), that you will succeed very fairly ; four (4), 
more than ordinarily well — be one among the first; five (5), that you 
have genius in that way, and ought to become eminent therein. 

Plus and minus, after the figures, signify the same as in the tables. 



PREFACE 



The design of this little work is simply, as its name implies, to 
describe character, and to he so arranged as to enable the exam- 
iner to express, in a plain, distinct and unequivocal manner, his 
opinion of any person examined, and to mark that opinion in 
the work, but not, however, to teach him how to examine. It is 
assumed that he understands that already, and if not, that this is 
not the place to teach him, but in a work very much more ex- 
tended than it would *be well for this to be. Nor does it assign a 
reason for any assertion in the description, but leaves that to the 
examiner, or to other works. Its province is simply expression — ■ 
description — to save a part of the labor generally expended in ver 
bal delineations that are too often and too soon forgotten, and at 
the same time to supply at a cheaper rate, and in a way more ac- 
cessible to examiners, and to those who wish examinations, a substi- 
tute, as nearly as may be, for the more expensive written descrip- 
tions. The want of such a work has long been felt, perhaps by 
every lecturer of extensive practice, for, wishing no disparagement 
to others, it may be probably safely asserted that there is no 
really good chart of character extant; though there are many 
excellent treatises on Phrenology, several of which profess to 
contain such a chart. I used for many years Fowlers & Wells' 
Self-Instructor and Chart, as the best with which I was acquainted, 
but was very soon convinced, and constantly reminded of the fact, 
that, however useful as essays on Phrenology, they were well nigh 
Worthless in describing character. It was a very frequent occur- 
rence for an intelligent person to call for an examination, and 
being asked if he wished a chart, to reply, "Oh no, I don't want 
any of those books; I saw one you gave A or B, and I could not 
make much out of it. It does not describe him as you did, but 
says, ' has so and so, and if this be large, and that large, and the 

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8 PREFACE. 

other small, and still another moderate, and so on, that the result 
is so and so, all of which may be very well for what I know, but 
it gives no account of my friend.' " Again : in those works, as in 
all similar ones with which I am acquainted, there is no possi- 
bility of marking some of the most important characters — partic- 
ularly evil ones. One might infer from them that Phrenology 
does not describe a libertine, a swearer, a lazy person, one who is 
at times very happy and at others very melancholy ; and so of many 
more. And further, the influence of the temperaments is recog- 
nized, but its application in individual cases seems to have no 
place, or at least a very uncertain and vague one, in them. It is 
hoped that these objections have been overcome in the present work. 
The explanations under the heading of the Passional and 
Emotional Temperaments, will probably assist greatly in describ- 
ing character, and as they constitute a novel feature, it may not 
be amiss to say, that the word Temperaments will no doubt be 
considered by some of the phrenologists, whose opinions I value, 
as not the most appropriate name. I shall be glad to adopt a 
different nomenclature when one more apt is suggested. In the 
arrangement, tables, etc., it was thought best to follow nearly the 
classification used by the Fowlers, and other American phrenolo- 
gists, not as entirely correct, nor, perhaps, the best available, but 
as the most commonly used and understood, and being merito- 
rious for its simplicity and mechanical advantages. It will be 
seen that in the definitions the normal condition of the organ or 
temperament, is first described, and after that the abnormal, so to 
say, or rather the tone arising from other influences acting upon 
the normal condition. These latter definitions are arranged some- 
what arbitrarily, and their position must be borne particularly in 
mind by the examiner. It may be found sometimes well to mark 
two or more definitions under the same head, as Large and Large 
4th. With this scope it is a singular character that may not be 
herein described. 



DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 



VITAL TEMPERAMENT. 

Small. — You are very weak and low in vitality, nutrition ; deficient 
in the warming, strengthening principle ; are thin, feeble, liable to suf- 
fer much from cold, to become exhausted ; can not last long, will wear 
down. You should eat heartily of plain, nutritive, juicy food, and sleep 
and exercise much, and bathe daily in moderately warm water; hoard 
the life-power; could live best in a mild, moist climate. 

Moderate. — You are too lean, and spare, to use life to advantage ; 
will wear out, become too soon exhausted, except when excitement 
keeps you up ; will suffer much from the cold, and from want of physi- 
cal life-power. You should cultivate vitality by eating heartily of plain 
food, containing much moisture, as fruits, vegetables, soups, etc. ; by 
sleeping much, exercising frequently in the open air, and bathing often, 
and long, in moderately warm water ; would profit by a residence in a 
mild, moist, insular climate. 

Full. — You have sufficient vitality to endure well, and do much, and 
last long, yet none too much, nor are you at all remarkable for physical 
life-power, but may attain a fair old age. 

Full 2d. — You are not large, nor powerful, yet you will wear like 
leather; are fibrous, solid, tough as a string; no waste of material in 
your make ; built like a pony, and will endure more than others who 
are much larger. 

Full 3d. — You have a fair share of vitality, yet are not tough, nor 
hardy, but disposed to give way too readily, and become too easily ex- 
hausted : are inclined to be rather languid, and, perhaps, lazy. 

Large. — You are rugged, tough, solid, and strong. You will last as 
if made of iron. You came from a good stock, a long-lived ancestry. 
Should study and think much, and repose little, lest you grow too much 
to bulk and grossness. 

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10 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Large 2d. — You are almost too full of the physical life, too vital ; too 
foud of the physical pleasures and comforts. You came from a long-lived 
ancestry. You could endure much, and, might live to an old age, with 
fair care, and accidents excepted. Your greatest danger will be in a 
tendency to apoplexy, or overfullness of blood and vitality, plethora. 
You are always in best condition when most busy and most abstemious. 
You should live lightly, and sparingly, and work and think hard. 

Large 3d. — You are too full and voluptuous, too sensuous, too fond 
of rich physical comforts. You have too much of the physical, the vital: 
it weighs you down and makes you rather soft, and languid, and, per- 
haps, dreamy and indolent. You will bear urging. Should wake up. 

Very Large. — Your constitution is too gross, too heavy. You are 
too much weighed down by the body. You should live in a large city, 
and a dry climate. Should think, watch, wake, work, act, cultivate the 
mental, spare and sharp. 



MOTIVE TEMPERAMENT. 

Small. — You have very little of the working, motive power, of the 
bone and muscle ; are physically feeble. What strength you have is too 
spasmodic, and the result of nerve excitement. You should practice 
gymnastics, rude, manly sports, as fishing, hunting, skating, riding, and 
even boxing would be well, and should engage in some physical pursuit, 
till you gain tone of muscle. 

Moderate. — You are rather too easily worn out by physical labor. 
You have not much strength, stamina, bone, muscle, though you may put 
forth great effort, and accomplish much, under excitement, yet it will be 
spasmodic. You are not disposed to physical labor, but prefer mental, if 
any. You should exercise as much as you can, short of absolute fatigue, 
and seek active out-door employment, till you gain strength, and tone of 
muscle, and bone, and sinew. Would profit greatly by spending much 
of your time in gymnastics, fishing, gunning, boating, riding — and, in 
short, in all the out-door, vigorous sports, and by eating heartily of a 
plain, strong diet, as the lean muscular— uot the fat meats, slightly 
cooked. 

Full.— You have good motive power— ability to use the body in work 
or play. You are quite tough, and hardy, and will endure well, and not 
easily give out in the race of life. 

Large.— You lean almost too much to bone and muscle, to body and 
Shoulders; are strong, sinewy, forcible, and, perhaps, rough and plain; 



CONSTITUTION. 11 

fond of physical sports, feats of strength, and can endure a great deal of 
wear and tear; like to keep moving. 

Large 2d. — You are too bony to work to good advantage in any 
intellectual way; are awkward in your manners; should cultivate grace 
and ease by spending time in refined society; would profit by attending 
a dancing school. You should use the head more, and the hands and 
feet less; should cultivate the mind, and subdue and soften the rough, 
angular proportions, by associating with the refined, delicate, gentle, 
and tender. 

Very Large. — Yours is a powerful frame. You are rough, rugged, 
ox-like, leaning too much to body and shoulders, too little to brain; will 
endure like steel; are fond of physical exercise; will take delight in 
feats of strength: could lift a large load, strike a hard blow, and, in 
every way, put forth great physical effort; would make a good worker 
in coarse, strong work, but would not do well in the delicate and fine; 
have too much bone and sinew ; should, by all means, cultivate the 
mind b} r reading, studying, thinking ; and should give the body repose. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Small. — Your constitution is naturally feeble, frail, unenduring. You 
will not be apt to live to an old age, unless under the most judicious 
application of the laws of health. You will be likely to suffer much 
from illness, and to die comparatively young. 

Moderate. — Your constitution is naturally frail, though, with a 
thorough knowledge, and a careful application of the laws of health, 
from the beginning, you might attain a fair old age, and a tolerable 
exemption from disease; but without these you will be likely to suffer 
much. You should, by all means, study physiology, and carefully 
apply its teachings — else, from want of health, you will fail to accom- 
plish much. 

Full. — You inherited a tolerably good constitution, but not the best 
— one that might enjoy health for many j T ears, if carefully and judi- 
ciously managed, according to the teachings of physiology, but one that 
will not bear trifling or tampering with. Should study carefully to 
preserve your health. 

Full 2d. — Yours was originally a fair constitution, but you have 
infringed upon it — have almost destroyed it, though, with care, and a 
knowledge of the teachings of physiology, you might yet regain tolerably- 
good health, and maintain it for years — hard to tell how many. 



12 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Full 2>d. — Your constitution was once good, but it is so no more. It 
is now a wreck — broken and destroyed. You will never regain good 
health, but by the best management, if even then, and it will not do to 
trust to accident, or to ignorance to restore it, but to a thorough know- 
ledge, and careful practice, of the laws of health. 

Large. — You were endowed by nature with an excellent constitution 
— one that might endure like iron — that might enjoy good health to an 
old age, if judiciously managed. You are naturally rugged, healthy, and 
hearty. Be careful not to expose or trifle with your health; for if you 
once break it down, great will be the fall thereof. 

Large 2d. — Your constitution was, probably, originally excellent, but 
through carelessness, exposure, accident, ignorance, or otherwise, you 
have broken it down, so you will never again endure as you have done. 
You should study physiology, and aim to restore your health and 
strength. 

Large 3d — You had, in the beginning, an excellent constitution, pro- 
bably, but it is now broken and destroyed — a melancholy wreck of what 
once it was. The sweet health is departed from the " house you live 
in," "to return no more, perhaps, forever," unless carefully and wisely 
wooed by a knowledge and practice of her laws. 

Very Large. — Your constitution was made, originally, as if of 
wrought iron, to endure almost any vicissitude, and still be healthy and 
strong — to attain, under ordinarily favorable circumstances, an old age. 
Rugged and hearty. 

PRESENT CONDITION. 

Small. — The present tone of your health and nervous system is feeble 
and low — too low. 

Moderate. — You are not in the best health, but rather under the 
weather, so to say ; not in a condition to do your best. You should 
seek, and carefully remove the cause, and keep yourself in better trim 
— a better tone of health and strength. v 

Full. — Your present health is fair, though not the best. You are in 
tolerably good tone, but might be in better. 

Large. — You are at present in very good health, fresh and hearty — 
probably in what would be called good spirits. You are prepared for 
your best efforts in any direction. A good nerve-tone. 

Very Large. — You are the very embodiment of good health ; are 
sound as a bell ; hearty, fresh, and strong. 



MENTAL TEMPERAMENT. 13 

MENTAL TEMPERAMENT. 

Small. — You are too dull, stupid, and heavy of thought, averse to study 
and intellectual pursuits. You find it laborious, and unpleasant, to think, 
and difficult to learn ; no scholar, nor inclined to scholarly attainments. 
You should sleep little, use tea, and other nerve-stimulants, seek evening 
entertainments, lectures, debates, and even the play, and the concert, if 
you have intellect sufficient to protect and guide yourself while there. 

Moderate. — You are rather dull, and thick-thoughted, blunt in your 
perceptions, not very sensitive to impressions, nor quick to comprehend 
any new idea; you learn slowly and with difficulty; are not much dis- 
posed to study, to scholarly pursuits, to intellectual exertions, or to 
mental pleasures ; your mind is not bright, but you should endeavor to 
make it so by stud}' and thought, books, papers, literature, attending 
lectures, debates, and all kinds of intellectual excitement. Let not 
your thoughts be idle, but keep them moving, fast and faster. You 
would profit by city life; by engaging in some eager pursuit, and 
awakening all your energies of thought, and by sleeping little. 

Full. — You are disposed to a fair activity of the mind. Your 
thoughts are generally busy, but seldom so much so as to exhaust you. 
You will enjoy reading, studying, thinking, intellectual exertion, excite- 
ment of the mind, etc., but not so much so as to devote great, or en- 
tire attention to them; are sensitive to pleasure and to pain, but not too 
much so. 

Large. — Your mind is very active, sensitive, intense; when happy, 
very happy; when miserable, very miserable. You are fond of mental 
excitement, of intellectual exertion, are seldom fully at rest, but con- 
stantly thinking, whether sleeping or waking, except in that sleep that 
comes after complete exhaustion. When you suffer from fever, or in- 
tense pain, it is likely to affect the brain, to cause delirium, brain-fever, 
perhaps headache and cold feet; your head is likely to be generally hot, 
and the intellect always engaged. You love to read, study, think, and 
if you play any game for amusement, you prefer one that engages much 
thought. Should avoid too great and long continued mental excite- 
ment, nerve irritation, tea, tobacco, condiments, etc.; work more, think 
less; grow more to body; allay the nervous fever; spend much time in 
the open air; bathe daily in moderately cold water; eat slowly, but 
heartily, of plain food, and seek repose after eating, even a short sleep 
after dinner ; take much exercise, but above all, should sleep a great 
deal, if you can. 



14 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Very Large. — You are always in a fever of thought, thinking-, 
thinking, thinking, ever; too fond of study and mental excitement; 
seldom fully at rest; liable to brain-fever, and when ill, to delirium. 
Your thoughts will wear you down, consume you; your perceptions are 
too intense. Should acquire bluntness, deadness, slowness, quietude, in- 
difference ; should sleep much, take a great deal of vigorous, out-door 
exercise, but not enough to weary you ; eat heartily of plain food, fruits, 
and vegetables, mainly ; repose after eating; avoid tea, condiments, all 
nerve-stimulants, but above all else sleep all you can — nine or ten hours 
of the twenty-four, for in sleep is your only safety. "'Tis the fever 
called living, that maddens your brain." 

PASSIONAL TEMPERAMENT. 

Small. — Your passions are very cold and dead ; your feelings, neutral 
and indifferent ; neither much love nor hate: torpid. 

Moderate. — Your passions are not deep, nor powerful. You neither 
enjoy nor suffer intensely, but are rather cold, and gray, and indiffer- 
ent; neither much sun nor storm, love nor hate. Your heart will not 
be apt to break, yet you are not entirely devoid of feeling, but might 
profitably cultivate the passional — the deep desiring, longing, loving 
nature. 

Full.— Your passions are of sufficient intensity to enjoy or suffer 
much, to love or hate deeply, but not too much so; to sympathize with 
the joys and sorrows of the world, yet not to be greatly affected by 
them. You have a favorable development of this temperament. 

Large. — Your passions are rather too deep and strong, your feelings 
too intense. You love too well when you love, and hate too much when 
you hate; strong prejudices, likes and dislikes. There is hot blood in 
your veins — something of the wine of life, "the wild berry wine," and 
very little of the cold or indifferent. You must suffer, but you will 
also enjoy much ; for there is nothing torpid in your nature. Should 
study to be indifferent — stoical. 

Large, Id. — You are almost too luxurious, too voluptuous, too sensu- 
ous, and fond of sensuous pleasures. You like the rich, and gorgeous, 
and warm, and voluptuous. Your love is deep and passional, and your 
aversions as deep; something of the tragical, and leaning somewhat, 
probably, to the sorrowful and the sinful; but, you are at times very 
happy and lively— resembling in character the natives of southern 
climates. Should cultivate the cold and neutral, and try to be calm and 



EMOTIONAL TEMPERAMENT. 15 

stoical, aim to control the feelings, and let the judgment rule the pas- 
sions, lest they toss you on the tempest. Should live abstemiously, 
cultivate the intellect, and avoid the tragical of life. 

Very Large. — Yours is a passional soul, full of love, and of hate; 
strongly tinged with the scarlet of life, something of poetry — the poetry 
of passion — that that sins and suffers. It is very hard for one like 
you to be sinless. You drink the cup of life too deep - the honey and 
the gall. Your love burns with desire, and, like the August sun, withers 
and scorches that on which it shines. Will be, at times, very sorrowful, 
and, perhaps, sentimental — a better lover than wedded companion ; not 
easily satisfied. Should by all means cultivate the cold and clear, 
avoid excitement, particularly that of love, of romances, theaters, city 
life, evening meetings, night-watchings, the dance, the flirtation, the 
wine, and all things stimulating and exciting, and seek a quiet life; 
otherwise, in the history of your soul will be written much of woe for 
yourself and others. 



EMOTIONAL TEMPEKAMEKT. 

Small. — You are cold and indifferent; your feelings hard to arouse. 
Your heart seldom throbs. You are very torpid, have few joys, and 
few sorrows. Should wake up to the life, to the bright and the dark, 
and cultivate feeling, emotion, spontaniety, and seek excitement of all 
kinds. 

Moderate. — You are rather dull and cold in the feelings, not vivid, 
nor impulsive; rather slow in forming attachments; may be deep, but 
not ardent. Your emotions, whether of joy or of sorrow, are not easily 
kindled, your tears, not easily reached. You are not spontaneous, but 
indifferent. You might profit by waking up to the lively, emotional 
joys and sorrows. 

Full. — You are tolerably impulsive and spontaneous in your feelings, 
and ardent in your desires, but none too much so; lively and emotional, 
but seldom so beyond self-control. Well balanced in this respect. 

Large. — You are warm, lively, impulsive, and vivid, in all your feel- 
ings and conceptions; almost too much so; quick and ardent in love 
and hate, but not deep, nor long continuing. If your heart break, it will 
be at the first shock, for your mourning will not last long. Your feel- 
ings sparkle and bubble, and pass away ; you are inclined to be fickle 
and fond of variety and change ; capable of loving many, but seldom long 



16 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

at a time. You are flushed, like one who has been using hot wine ; are 
apt to give way much to your feelings, to tears, or to laughter, and, 
with you, they are not far apart; to joy, or to grief, but to neither, long 
continuously. You are fond of the emotional pleasures^of what appeals 
to the feelings — an eloquent speech, a stirring tale, perhaps, the dance, 
the excitement, the intense but transitory, the evanescent of life. You 
need weighing down, quieting, solidifying, so to say; soberness, slow- 
ness, earnestness. 

Large 2cL — -You are governed more by feeling than judgment; apt to 
see every thing in brilliant colors — to exaggerate — to stretch the story. 
You would load a canon to kill a canary. You are fond of out-door 
exercises — the lighter pleasures and amusements — but not of labor nor 
drudgery. Your best health is in the open air and active life. 

Very Larger — Your feelings are very vivid, ardent, excitable, impul- 
sive, spontaneous, bubbling, sparkling, gushing over, like the bead of 
champagne ; too evanescent, too transitory, too volatile. You are a 
creature of impulse, up and down, up and down, all through the life. 
You want in depth, stability, earnestness, slowness ; are very hasty in 
your attachments, but they do not last; impetuous in all your feelings 
and conceptions, likes and dislikes; intense but brief in your prejudices; 
fond of the lighter pleasures, out-door exercises, etc., but not patient in 
application; too emotional. You want what the sailors would call, 
ballast. 

ORGASTIC TOKE. 

Small. — You are essentially coarse, and gross. There is little poetry 
or refinement in your nature. All your desires and appetites are of tho 
coarser, plainer kind. 

Moderate. — You are rather coarse and plain in tastes, sentiments, and 
desires ; practical, rather than refined ; not very poetic, nor sentimental, 
but prepared for the every-day use of life. Might profitably cultivate 
the finer, softer sentiments, by attention to poetry, painting, music, 
romance, the social evening party, the dance, the society of refined 
people, by cultivating flowers, etc. 

Full. — You are not wanting in refinement of feeling, delicacy of 
sentiment, and intensity of conception, but you are not remarkable for 
high endowment in this way. You will enjoy and suffer, but not to the 
extreme; are not at all coarse, neither are you eminently refined. 
There is a portion of the Adam-clay in your make, but, perhaps, not too 
much for comfort in this world. 



ACTIVITY. 17 

Large. — Yours is a refined, sensitive, susceptible soul. You enjoy 
and suffer deeply, keenly — almost too much so for j'our own best peace. 
So sensitive to pleasure and pain, that when good, will be very good, 
but when you sin, will sin deeply. You thrill with ecstacy, or quiver 
with agony. There is no waste material in your constitution ; can use 
all you have, and to good advantage ; are of the purer metal, far as it 
goes — say the silver fine, with very little alloy. You have little sym- 
pathy with the coarse and gross, but will incline strongly to the refined 
pleasures and enjoyments, and even to the refined sins. 

Very Large. — Yours is a very refined, sensitive, susceptible, silken 
temperament — much more than ordinarily so. Your tastes, emotions, 
passions, pleasures, pains, conceptions, even your sins, are of a fine 
cast. There is nothing coarse, nor gross, in your constitution, but all 
of the finest material — the pure golden. You can work and think to 
good advantage, and accomplish much for your apparent strength, but 
you will suffer as few can suffer, and enjoy as few can enjoy — the suffer- 
ing being greater, probably, than the enjoyment. When ill, you are 
very ill ; cold, very cold ; warm, very warm — but likely to suffer more 
from the cold than the heat; adapted to the finer work of life, but out 
of place, and ill at ease, in the coarser drudgeries. Your sympathies 
lean to the refined, the higher, holier joys and sorrows. You will want 
companionship, appreciation ; will be often alone, even in the crowd, 
looking in vain for a full sympathy. For peace and repose, should 
cultivate the grosser nature — eat, drink, sleep, and grow fat; but for 
the best achievement, the highest attainment, the richest joys, and the 
deepest sorrows, keep up this white fire of the soul. 

ACTIVITY. 

Small. — You are very slow, and deliberate in all your movements — 
so much so, as to accomplish little in life; lazy, heavy, and dead. 

Moderate. — You are rather slow and deliberate in movement, averse 
to exertion ; not apt to wear yourself down by great achievements ; are 
willing to work, perhaps, but must work slowly. It takes a long time 
to get you fairly started, for you are seldom in a hurry. Should wake 
up and learn quick time. 

Moderate Id. — You are not rapid in movement, but slow, heavy, and, 
perhaps, lazy. You do not like to work, and will not injure yourself by 
over exertion. More likely to rust out than wear out. Rather too in- 
dolent and thriftless. 
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18 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Full. — You are quite active, but not too much so ; will hurry when 
necessary, but can be deliberate. 

Full 2d. — You are active enough, tolerably quick and sprightly in 
movement, but you do not like to confine yourself to any thing like 
hard work ; are probably pronounced, by your friends, lazy, yet you like 
to be busy at sport or play, or light work, but not at labor nor drudgery 
of any kind. 

Large. — You are active in movement, lively, spry, quick, restless, al-> 
ways in motion ; likely to wear out rather than rust out; are almost too 
active. Should learn to be slow, quiet, steady, and deliberate; to save 
energy. 

Very Large. — You are very active and rapid in all your movements, 
lively, spry, quick, restless, going, going, going ever. It is a torment to 
you to be compelled to be still. Action and existence are synonymous 
with you. You will wear out if you do not learn slowness of move- 
ment, quietude, and rest. Your ceaseless activity will induce fever and 
chafiness, that in their turn will shorten the life. 

SIZE OF THE BEAEST. ( inches.) 

Small. — Your mind is, at best, but weak and inferior, though active 
and, perhaps, bright. Your thoughts move fast, but they are too meager 
and small to carry much momentum or accomplish much in life ; yet 
you may succeed in a narrow business, and win, therein, an honest sub- 
sistence. You will not be felt far. Should live in the country, and 
among upright people, avoiding excitement and low associations, for you 
will be influenced so much by trifles as to be just what you are made, 
by the stronger minds that surround you. Should marry, if at all, a 
companion of a more strong and steady mind than your own. 

Small 2rZ. — This mind is too idiotic to comprehend any description 
that might be given here. It should be altogether under the control of 
other and stronger minds, who would be responsible for its actions, and 
provide for its needs. 

Moderate. — 'Your mind is not large, nor strong, but bright and active. 
You may do a good business, and attain a fair success, still, you have 
not sufficient power to wield a large influence over the minds of others, 
but will be easily warped by surrounding circumstances. "When in the 
society of others, you are very different from what you are when alone. 
Good companions would make you good, but evil ones would quickly 
drag you down. You are much affected by trifles, and you notice little 



SIZE OF THE BRAIN. 19 

things more than the large, in proportion. It is hard, perhaps im- 
possible, for you to resist the influence of stronger minds over your own. 
You are molded and changed by them. You are not largely endowed 
with the magnetic influence of mind, not sufficiently so to give weight 
to what you say or do, yet you may be brilliant, and display genius in 
the manifestation of any trait that is markedly developed in your 
character ; but to do so, such trait must absorb all other powers of the 
soul. You can not be varied in talent, nor large in mind-power. 

Moderate 2d. — Yours is not a brilliant nor large character, but one 
ordinary and inferior. You will not wield a large influence, nor be felt 
far from home; in vulgar parlance, "will not set the world on fire;" 
yet, by a careful culture of the intellect, and by good associations, you 
may attain a fair and honorable position in the world ; but without these, 
you will be, as it were, a menial, an inferior, a tool in the hands of 
others, a victim of society, and if not careful, you may be swept down 
to crime and consequent suffering and ruin ; can hardly be said to be a 
free agent, as you are subject to the influence and will of the stronger 
minds that surround you. Be careful to avoid low associations, and to 
seek the society of moral and religious people, for in such only is your 
safety. It is more than probable that your life will prove a failure. 

Full. — Yours is a mind of very fair power, one capable of accom- 
plishing much, of making itself felt in society, of wielding a large in- 
fluence, and of attaining a high reputation in the direction of the 
stronger faculties. You are capable of a fine culture, of scholarly 
attainment, of making a deep impression, of conducting an extensive 
enterprise, of displaying genius under the inspiration of the higher 
emotions or stronger faculties of the mind, yet you do not possess to a 
great degree that peculiar magnetism of the soul that attracts and molds 
others to one's will. 

Full 2d. — Your mind is one of fair, or, at least, all of ordinary powers 
when aroused and properly directed, yet you will not be apt to achieve 
a great deal in life. You are not very brilliant, nor will you wield a 
very large influence, nor be felt far, yet you are capable of doing a good 
business, and of attaining quite a culture — an education — if you so 
desire, but probably you will not study much to improve the intellect, 
but will incline rather to a plain, every-day life. 

Full 3d. — Although your brain is of full size, the mind is a coarse 
and inferior one. You will never accomplish much, for you are rather 
dull and thick-headed. Will not improve much by study, unless that 
study be directed by other and finer minds. 



20 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Large. — Yours is a mind of fine and large power. You can wield an 
extensive influence; can make yourself felt, among your friends al 
least, if not by the world at large ; can accomplish much, and, with 
proper and well-directed effort, attain a wide reputation and become 
distinguished. If true to yourself, you may make a mark upon society, 
but so much depends upon the direction of the mind, and the tone of 
the body in sustaining it, that allowance may be made for many proba- 
bilities of failure. You are endowed with a strong mind, ability to, 
manage an extensive enterprise, to conduct a large business, and strongly 
impress and mold the minds and characters of others, to attain a high 
culture, and, if a scholar, to be known to fame. 

Large Id. — You have a fine brain, a fine mind, but not physical energy, 
stamina, power to sustain it. Your head will devour the body and be 
still unfed, and thus waste your energies. If you had either a smaller 
brain, or a larger and more powerful physical frame, you might accom- 
plish much. Your great need is of body, more than of head, for suc- 
cess in the world. 

Large 3d. — Your mind is strong and deep, but not brilliant. You do 
not appear to advantage only when greatly excited, and that excitement 
long continued, but soon as it is over, you settle back to common-place; 
will probably pass through life a very ordinary person, even while you 
have power of mind sufficient to conduct a large business if aroused to 
it, to wield a large influence and obtain a good education, if you would 
so desire. You should, by all means, cultivate and refine the intellect, 
wake up and do, for there is much, very much danger that you will 
bury your talents, and slumber to decay over them. 

Large 4th. — Although yours is a large head, the mind is a coarse and 
inferior one — the intellect and higher sentiments dormant — the grosser 
passions only, awake and active. You will probably never accomplish 
much. 

Very Large. — Yours is a very powerful mind, one of extraordinary 
ability. You wield a potent influence over those who surround you, 
over an extensive circle, and are endowed with a magnetic power that 
attracts, and molds, and shapes the minds of those with whom you come 
in contact. You carry great momentum, and are capable of the largest 
undertakings; indeed, are yourself only on great occasions. The broad 
world should be your stage of action, and on it you should achieve a 
historic reputation. In short, yours is an extraordinary mind. 



AMATIVENESS. 21 



AMATIVENESS. 

Small. — You are cold and indifferent toward the opposite sex. You 
do not win their love nor kindle their desire, as you experience but 
little of either in yourself.*' 

Moderate. — Toward the opposite sex you are sometimes, perhaps, 
quite warm and amatory, but generally cold and indifferent. You will 
not be a warm lover, nor will you highly enjoy married life, nor a very 
intimate sex relation. You would profit by cultivating this passion, by 
using a rich and stimulating diet, by occasional warm baths, reading 
romances, attending theaters, dances, concerts, the study of music, con- 
templating warm amatoiw pictures, by a proper association with the 
opposite sex, and, in short, by a warm, physical life. A full develop- 
ment of this is requisite to a beautiful character in man -or woman. 

Moderate 2d. — You are cold and indifferent toward the opposite sex, 
not caring for their especial love, nor kindling their desire; but it will 
not be always so with you, for in due time you will warm up, probably, 
to a full love. 

Moderate 3d. — You are probably coy and shy in the company of the 
opposite sex — not at home there, hence will not seek it much ; but you 
are warm and amatory enough for all that; but this passion with you 
is liable to take on a solitary and morbid action. You should seek more 
the society of the opposite sex, and keep your feelings under when 
alone. 

Full. — You love the opposite sex with much tenderness — with much 
of the higher spiritual, as well as lower carnal, love. You are some- 
what amorous and warm, but disposed to control the passion, and to 
entertain a respect for those 3 t ou love, more than the mere animal desire. 
Your constitution is well developed, and happily balanced, in this respect. 

Full 2d. — You love the opposite sex, but with more of the carnal than 
spiritual love, yet not enough of either to greatly disturb your peace ; 
will at times burn with a strong passionate lust, but, all in All, your love 
is rather a plain, tame, every-day affair. 

* In young children Small or Moderate is desirable, for this passion, more than any 
nther, increases with the years up to twenty or twenty-five ; so if it be full or more, 
in a child under twelve, or at most fourteen, it is assurance of a premature lust, fatal 
to the peace of after life — a hint of the indulgence of a passion, ruinous to the health of 
childhood. Such children should be carefully and candidly taught the deleterous effects 
on mind and body, surely following the exercise of the amatory feeling, whether social 
or solitary, in their young years. 



22 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Full 3d. — Your love, as far as it goes, is a coarse, animal desire, for 
mere lust gratification, with little regard or taste as to the means of its 
indulgence. A low, gross passion. 

Large. — You love warmly, passionately, fondly. The amorous feel- 
ing is almost too strong with you, though it partakes of the spiritual as 
well as of the carnal nature. You may possibly control the fire that 
burns within you, and live a pure life, and high, if you so will it ; but, 
after all, the best prayer for you is, " Lead us not into temptation." 
This passion enables you to enlist the opposite sex in your behalf— to 
win their love and secure their friendship, though that friendship must 
be always tinged with desire- — a desire that will induce you to think 
them all weak in this respect, so you will not have much faith in their 
chastity nor purity, because you yourself inspire their passsion, their 
weakness — -a fact of which you are sometimes proud. In winning such 
friendship, such regard, you will attain one of the best means of suc- 
cess in the affairs of life, but it will also probably tempt you, at times, to 
sin, to many regrets. Probably it will be at once your blessing and 
your bane — the fire that warms, and that also consumes. To enjoy the 
blessing and avoid the bane, you should keep the passion under — should 
cultivate the chaste, the clear, and cold, by much exercise, abstemious 
diet, constant employment of mind and body, by aiming at some lofty 
and ennobling pursuit ; should avoid the voluptuous in music, in pictures, 
romances, plays — in short, in all things of the warmer, amatory life. 

Large 2d. — Yours is a warm, amorous, passionate nature. You burn 
with unholy desires. You covet the person and embrace of the opposite 
sex, and take d-elight in talking of them, and of the indulgence of the 
sex passion. Images of lust fill your mind, to the exclusion of better 
thoughts. You love for the body, more than for the mind, and are apt 
to observe the forms of those that interest you, and to speak of their 
persons — of those parts that lie below the chin. You have not much 
faith in the chastity of the opposite sex, nor in their purity, though you 
probably have many friends among them ; have a strong proclivity to 
licentiousness, though may at times control yourself, and live a better 
life; but in the end it is probable the sin spots of lust will have black- 
ened your soul, and have left memories, where it would be a relief to 
forget— not the worst, but bad enough. You should, by all means, 
restrain this passion, purify and orient the feelings in every way 
possible. 

Large Bd. — Your nature leans to a coarse, gross, animal lust; your love 
terminates in that. You delight in obscene pictures, jokes, and smutty 






PHILOPROGENITIVENESS. 23 

talk, about the opposite sex, their form, person, etc. You will have 
many sins to answer for, in connection with this passion. You can 
hardly know what a pure love means. Foul pictures of lust will fill 
your imagination, and turn your soul into a sodom. You need a puri- 
fication, a baptism in the cold, pure waters of life. You will probably 
grow better in the older age, when the passions burn low ; if not then, 
you are to be pitied, for with this lust-fire as it now is, you are capable 
of the deepest sins, in its direction. 

Very Large. — Whatever your feelings may be otherwise, the sensual 
passion is, with you, almost, or quite, uncontrollable. You burn with an 
unceasing and unholy fire. Your ideas of life, and beauty, and hope, 
and heaven, all turn in the direction of this passion. It is your master, 
and you are its willing slave — the slave of a terrible lust, that will 
probably impel you to the ruin of body and of soul — a maniac, erotic. 



PHILOPROGENITIVENESS. 

Small. — You have little, if any, love for children or pets. As a 
parent, you would be very cold and indifferent. You should never 
assume the holy obligations of that position till prepared for them by 
a deeper love for "the young, young children," which might be to a 
degree attained by spending time in their society, and learning their 
little waj's— to love them. 

Moderate. — Your love of children and pets is rather tame and indif- 
ferent. You will probably never be very fond even of your own 
children, if you have a family, though you may treat them with kind- 
ness, and provide for their needs, from a sense of duty, not, however, as 
a work of love. Will be apt to look upon a family of children as a 
burden, rather than a blessing — a necessity of the social relation. If 
they are pretty and smart, you may like them for their beauty, but not 
because they are children ; you would shun them if they were plain, or 
dull, or cross. You will be likely to neglect your own children — to fail 
in extending to them that love and sympathy which they need, for a 
happy development. You should mingle in their society, play with 
them, engage in their little sports, and sympathize with their sorrows; 
not only those of your own household, but others also. 

Full. — You love children and pets well, but not passionately. As a 
parent, you would be tender and devoted, but not too much so. You 
are happily developed in this affection. 

Full 2d. — You will manifest some attachment to children, but not a 



24 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

great deal ; probably more to other pets — as a horse, a dog, a cat, a bird, a 
boat, or something of the kind. You will feel no great interest in the 
improvement of the young, nor will you be very happy as a parent. 

Full 3d. — You have little love or regard for children, but are disposed 
to treat them in a rough, coarse manner, and to make their young lives 
more miserable than glad. In your pleasant moods, you are apt to use 
low slang, and to tell smutty stories, and indulge in coarse jests, in their 
presence, forgetting always, the sacredness of childhood. You probably 
make tools of children, to gratify low passions, and to attain unworthy 
ends. You would find more happiness and companionship among ani- 
mal pets than among children. Should hardly become a parent, and 
should never be trusted with the care of children, as you would only 
destroy their purity, and unfit them for the better life. 

Large. — As a parent, you would be almost too tender, and probably 
indulgent. If you have children of your own, you love them with a 
love well nigh idolatrous, however defective in character they may be. 
If they be absent, you yearn to see and embrace them; if they die, it 
will make your life miserable, probably impair your health. Your 
peace will be bound up in them, and if they be good and worthy, it will, 
indeed, bless you. This intense love for your own, is not a high and 
holy feeling, but only the craving of the animal nature, and it makes 
one selfish, and ought to berestrained. But you will also probably love 
the children of others, and have many pets and friends among them, 
and will take delight in benefiting them ; will be interested in their 
education, and in means for their protection and improvement, but 
especially so, as regards your own. You tax yourself too willingly for 
them, deny yourself, that they may enjoy, and you are apt to think 
nothing too good for your dear ones. You will probably be fond of 
other pets than children — as a dog, a horse, a bird, a boat, or something 
of the kind. 

Large 2d. — If you have children of your own, you will love them 
with a strong selfish love, but if you have not, you will show no great 
interest in the young, nor anxiety about their welfare. You will prob- 
ably be more fond of a fine horse, a dog, or some other of the animals, 
and will be disposed to pet them, to fondle, and play with them. 

Large 3c?.— If you have children, you love them with a coarse, strong 
selfish love, such as the lower animals show toward their young, but 
you will treat them harshly, for you can not sympathize with them in 
th.ir needs. You are not very fond of the children of others, but may 
form occasionally a strong attachment for some one of them, or for some 



ADHESIVENESS. 25 

animal as a pet. Indeed, you generally prefer animal pets — as a horse, 
dog, etc., to children. You are probably inclined to smutty talk, coarse 
jests, and obscene remarks in the presence of the young. You should 
not be a parent nor guardian, as your tendency would be to demoralize. 
Very Large. — As a parent you would love your children to idolatry. 
In your estimation nothing is good enough for them in this world, nor, 
indeed, perhaps, in the next. It is torture to you to be separated from 
them, and a blessing, as you think it, to be with them. You fondle, 
pet, and caress them, and call them by endearing and often holy names. 
Their death would probably derange your mind and affect your health, 
and however generous you may be in other respects, you are selfish and 
weak in this. You have pets among the children of others, and among 
the animals. In short, this instinct is intense, even to a mania, with 
you, and it should be by all possible means restrained. 



ADHESIVENESS. 

Small. — You are cold and indifferent toward the world, preferring 
solitude to society. You neither have, nor want, many friends; can 
hardly appreciate the meaning of the word friend; are radically defec- 
tive in this respect; should, in every way possible, cultivate the affec- 
tionate, social feeling, and acquire faith in friendship. 

Moderate. — You are not very affectionate toward friends — do not 
cling to them strongly; will probably have a few, but not many, very 
true and devoted ones. You are not loving toward them. You prefer 
to rely upon yourself, and do not care much for their society, but will be 
likely to enjoy the company of strangers, almost as highly as that of 
those with whom you are acquainted, unless they especially sympathize 
with you — think as you think, and feel as you feel. You have not firm 
faith in friendship; can not appreciate the conduct of Pythias and Da- 
mon. You should cultivate friend-love ; would profit by it, and add to 
the happiness of others. 

Full. — You are friendly, social, warm-hearted toward those with 
whom you are acquainted, and whom you think worthy, but are not too 
much so. You love your friends and their society, and there are many 
in this world that are dear to you, and to whom you are dear, still you 
ore not at all remarkable for your friendship or devotedness. Favorably 
developed in this. 

Full 2d. — You are social and warm-hearted, but not deep nor very 
earnest in your friendshsp — more social than faithful. You form at- 



26 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

tachments readily but almost as readity break them; are glad when your 
friends come to see you, but often as glad when they go again; do not 
like long visits, yet you enjoy society much. 

Full 3d. — You are social and friendly, but not particular as to who 
are your friends. Your friendships will not elevate yourself nor others, 
nor are they to be relied upon. You want society of some kind, for you 
can not well amuse yourself alone, but you are often selfish toward 
those with whom you associate. You have not a high ideal of friend- 
ship. 

Full Mh. — When a friend you are a firm one and true, yet you are not 
social nor generally affectionate. You pride yourself on your fidelity to 
the few you call friends, but it is difficult to win your friendship — to 
approach your heart. 

Large. — You are very social, friendly, warm-hearted, almost too much 
so for your own good. You highly enjoy the society of friends — you 
cling to them faithfully, long, and well, and your memories of them are 
tender and pathetic — the memories of 

" The dear departed gone before 
To that unknown and silent shore, 
Whom you shall meet as heretofore, 
Some summer morning." 

It is easy to awaken your interest in those with whom you associate, 
and once a friend you are as true as steel. You will bless and be 
blessed, but will also suffer much in your friendships. Would do well 
to cultivate the cold and indifferent. 

Large 2d. — You love friends much, but self more. You are social 
and affectionate, but will generally manage to get as much as you give; 
will not break your heart for your friends, yet will be interested in them 
for all that, but will be disposed to effect your own purposes and to 
gratify your own desires through them ; can not be consistently con- 
sidered a disinterested friend, though strong in your attachments.. Will, 
probably, have many friends. 

Large 3d. — You love your friends with a strong, deep, but coarse, 
animal love. You like to eat, drink, and be merry with them, but are 
very careless as to who they are, coarse or fine, though you sometimes 
prefer; the former ; are good-fellow-well-met with old acquaintances. 
Your friendships and sociabilities will be apt to lead yourself and others 
downward. They should be chastened and constrained. 

Very Large. — You are decidedly too friendly, warm-hearted, social, 
affectionate, loving. Your heart is wrapped up too much in your friends; 



INHABITIVEttESS. 27 

you trust them too much, love them too well; are blind to their defects, 
probably. Your devotedness of friendship is a weakness, a mania that 
should be overcome by cultivating a more individual feeling — more self- 
sustaining, in the way of society. 

INHABITIVENESS. 

Small. — You have very little regard for any particular spot, but can 
Inake it home wherever night overtakes you. May be attached to some 
localities from their associations, but will be uneasy and unhappy if 
confined to any one place in particular; are not fond of home. 

Moderate. — You have some thing of the home-love, but very little, 
only when weary. You may be deeply interested in the associations 
of certain localities, but not in the localities themselves. One place is 
little more to you than another, unless circumstances, as of friends or 
fortune, or a lover, make it so, and, in that case, may be satisfied to 
reside there while such interest lasts, otherwise would be discontented, 
and unhappy, and restless at home; should cultivate the home-love. 
Again, you do not long retain any one attitude at a time, sitting, stand- 
ing, or otherwise, but often change your position. You are restive and 
uneasy under the least constraint ; should accustom yourself to reten- 
tiveness of place, position — to steadiness, to sitting or standing still. 

Full. — You love your home, yet when occasion requires, you can 
leave it without much trouble. Your memories of the old home are 
tender — the dear old home and its surroundings. You are patriotic — 
not in the buncombe way, but in that of an earnest interest in your 
country's welfare. 

Full 2d. — Your love for your home is strong enough, but not too 
strong. You can leave it without pain when instigated by strong 
motives, but generally prefer the home. Your patriotism is rather 
narrow and selfish — leaning to self and self^benediction ; you put forth 
little effort for the common good, but lean to the narrow and unjust 
idea, "our country, right or wrong," — and that only the part of the 
country that you call your own. 

Full Zd. — You love your home not deeply, but as the wolf does his 
den, not from tender memories or home feeling, but because it gives you 
place to rest and eat. Your patriotism is narrow, selfish, and local, 
applying only to your own immediate neighborhood, and not with much 
devotion to that. 

Large. — You are very strongly attached to your home, and you 



28 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

dislike to leave it or to remain away long at a time. When absent, you 
think often of the "home, sweet home." If, while traveling, you occupy 
a room at a hotel, and afterward have occasion to visit the same place, 
you desire to occupy the same room of the same hotel, even though not 
the best — a disposition to locate in some spot that may be home for the 
time. You dislike to leave your accustomed position at the table, at 
home, and can not enjoy your food if compelled to change your place 
of taking it. You have a propensity to fix and fit yourself to a particu- 
lar locality as home, and there you are most at ease; will sleep best in 
your own room. You are apt to assume attitudes, positions of the body, 
and to fall into peculiarities in your way of sitting, lying, standing, etc. 
You are patriotic; you are zealous in your love of your country and 
admiration of its virtues — too much so, almost, to be impartial in your 
estimation of others. Your patriotism is likely to be selfish. It is well 
for you to travel much. 

Large 'Id. — You are strongly attached to your home ; you do not like 
to leave it, and will not only on urgent occasions, and then you return 
soon as j r ou can, particularly so if that home be comfortable. Your 
patriotism is strong, but selfish and narrow in its aim, thinking your 
country the best of all countries, and defending it right or wrong, be- 
cause it is your country, even though a sinful and wicked one. You 
should travel much, visit nations abroad, and learn their beauties; read 
books of travel, and cultivate a cosmopolitan spirit. 

Large 3d. — Your love for home is a strong, selfish, animal need. You 
seek the home as the beast does his lair, to lie down and rest. Your 
patriotism is of the same character, " our country right or wrong, 
boys." An entirely selfish animal feeling. 

Very Large. — Your love for your home and country is deep, ten- 
der, and strong to a passion, a weakness, a mania, that should be re- 
strained, overcome, by visiting, traveling, and learning the beauty of 
other lands — " Knowest thou the land?' ? etc. 

CONTINUITY. 

Small.— You change rapidly, suddenly, from one thing to another. 
You are impatient, restless, uneasy, beginning many things, complet- 
ing few. You prefer short stories, short sermons, short speeches; cau 
not confine yourself patiently nor long to any one thing; can not sit 
or stand still long at a time, but will shift from one attitude or position 
to another— change, change, ever. You should try to overcome this. 



VITATIVENESS. 29 

Moderate. — You change often from one train of thought to another, 
yet when necessary, can continue on the one for a time, but not long 
noi patiently. You are occasionally absent-minded, flitting from thought 
to thought, while others are speaking, not hearing what is said. Your 
eiforts are spasmodic, intense for a time, but not enduring. Your mind 
scintillates. You are apt to have too many thoughts and plans on the 
tapis at a time, and none of them very mature, nor well deliberated — - 
" too many irons in the fire." Cultivate patience, continuity. 

Full. — When you commence, you like to continue till completion, but 
are not greatly disturbed by interruption ; are tolerably patient and 
continuous in thought and effort, but not tedious. Well developed in 
this. 

Full 2d. — You can concentrate your thoughts very well, but are not 
apt to continue the effort ; can bend all your energies upon any one 
point for a time, but can not continue patiently at it. You bring the 
rays to a near and intense focus, but they soon pass it. Your power of 
concentrating is better than that of continuing. 

Large. — You continue on any one point almost too long at a time; 
are rather prolix, tedious. You look for the deep and steady, but you 
lose sight of the racy, brilliant, evanescent. You are occasionally ab- 
sent-minded, hanging on to your own old train of thought, regardless 
of what else may be occurring, or of what others may be saying. Your 
stories are too lengthy ; your thoughts run in a groove. You retain any 
position of the body long at a time, sitting or lying in one attitude for 
an hour without changing. Should cultivate brevity, variety. 

Very Large. — When you commence, there is little prospect of your 
concluding, till you finish every item, and wear out by slow decay. You 
are excessively tedious, prone to hang on without change or interrup- 
tion ; liable to monotone in every thing; one thing at a time, and that 
all the time, seems to be your philosophy. You can not bear interrup- 
tion nor sudden changes; are remarkable for prolixity. When you as- 
sume any position of the body, you retain it long; will sit or lie for 
hours at a time without moving. 

VITATIVENESS. 

Small. — You do not cling to existence with great tenacity; probably 
do not value highly the privilege of being, or at least, if you do, would 
not struggle hard to retain it. You have but little power to resist dis- 
ease, but would soon sink under it. 



30 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Moderate. — Your hold upon life is not very strong. Death will find 
your door open, probably, or at least, ajar, when he wants to strike. 
Nor Lave you great power to resist disease, but would wear and sink 
under it. 

Full. — You bang on to life with a good deal of tenacity, even though 
it be not the most happy one. You do not want to "give up the ship," 
yet death is not very terrible to you. You have fair power of resisting 
the encroachments of disease down to death, but not the best. Well 
developed in this. 

Large. — You cling to life as the great blessing and shrink from 
death as the great bane. You have great tenacity of life-power; will 
endure what would kill others more strong than you, and will resist 
diseases that would destroy them. If you die before your time, (an oH 
age.) the struggle will be hard. Your physicians will probably relin- 
quish all hope many times before you will finally yield in your wrestle 
with the dark angel. As the sportsman would say, " You will die 
hard." 

Very Large. — Your tenacity of life is enormous. If pounded to a 
jelly, you would survive, (exaggeration.) You will resist disease and 
death, to a degree that will astonish others, and when die at last, as die 
you must, it will be with a struggle, terrible and fierce. Your soul and 
body are very closely united, and it will be hard to sever them. Should 
try to wean the one from the other by cultivating the higher, spiritual 
feeling. 

COMBATIVENESa 

Small. — You dread all strife and contention, and incline to the timid 
and quiet peace; almost too lamb-like, inoffensive, inefficient. You need 
more of the anger-fire to drive ahead well in this world, and you will 
never accomplish much till you get it. You would do well to learn the 
use of the gloves, sparring, " the manly [animal also,] art of self- 
defense," even at the risk of blackened eyes occasionally ; should engage 
in games of contention; argue, dispute, resist, learn the use of the word 
NO, if you would do any thing in this world. 

Moderate. — You are rather inefficient and easy, too mild and harmless to 
succeed well, yet at times may, under great provocation, rouse up and be 
bravo and accomplish much, but in the main will be rather timid and 
perhaps cowardly. You shrink from contention, strife, argument— the 
battle of life; would sacrifice too much to peace; will accomplish but 
little till you raise more anger-steam. You should learn to battle 






COMBATIVENESS. 31 

bravely with the world, and not to shrink and complain ; practice box- 
ing, games of contention, engage in debates, strife, etc. 

Full. — You are quick, ready enough in resisting and defending, but 
not disposed to contention ; are not quarrelsome nor apt to attack. 
You enjoy a healthy opposition, and are not wanting in relish for debate 
or argument, when free from acrimony, and when necessary, do not 
shrink from contending, but are not aggressive. Have a fair share of 
energy of character ; happily balanced in this respect. 

Full 2d. — You are sometimes too quick in the temper, a little contrary, 
fretful, peevish, irritable; but you might and should overcome this by a 
cooling, sedative diet, avoiding tea, spices, and all other nerve irritants, 
as stimulants, tobacco, etc.; by sleeping much and by a careful watch- 
ing of self, and a firm resolve to keep cool. 

Full 3d. — You are rather contrary, quick, coarse, cross, and selfish in 
your anger, yet would not, as you think it, commence a quarrel nor im- 
pose on others, but are very ready to engage in it when excuse offers. 
Irritable. 

Lakge. — You are very quick and ready in resisting, defending ; brave, 
bold, almost too much so; are fond of debate, argument, contention; 
often say no when yes would be quite as well, and dispute for the mere 
sake of disputing, contradict for mere contradiction. You are disposed 
to tease, tantalize, hector others. You are rather too quick and high 
strung in the temper, too contrary and fond of strife. You like 
to engage in or witness contention between men. You are too dis- 
putative, and probably disposed to ascribe this propensity to other 
causes, as desire to defend the right, or to convince others, or some other 
worthy motive. Should make it a point to contend less, to harmonize 
more with others, and to allow them to entertain their own views. 

Large 2d. — You are too quick tempered, high strung, irritable, peevish, 
fretful, crabbed, cross, contrary ; are apt to get into broils, difficulties, 
quarrels, of your own making. You should sleep much, use a cooling, 
sedative diet, bathe often in moderately cold water, avoid nerve irri- 
tants, as tea, tobacco, stimulants, etc., also much excitement; aim to 
keep the nervous system in good tone, and then to harmonize more with 
others, to complain and chafe less, and in short, to control your temper 
lest it make yourself and others unhappy. 

Large 3d. — You are contrary, cross, quarrelsome, quick, and high- 
tempered — a belligerent, a bully, that should be bound to keep the 
peace. You need a moral discipline that would induce gentleness, 
quietude, mildness. 



32 DESCRIPTION OP CHARACTER. 

Vert Large. — You are decidedly too contentious, too much disposed 
to oppose, to do battle, with every body and every principle ; you swim 
against every current; your hand is against every one; entirely too 
contrary, too combative. This is a great defect of your character that 
you should overcome, lest it lead you into many difficulties, and those 
with whom you associate, as well as yourself, into misery. 

DESTKUCTIVENESS. 

Small. — Your temper, however hasty, is too light to effect much. 
There is too much of the rose-water in your nature. You shrink from 
inflicting pain — from killing even when necessary; would not put foot 
upon a worm. You need more of the severe, the savage, the destructive, 
the executive. Should go gunning, witness butcherings, the infliction 
of pain, and learn to destroy, when necessary, what impedes your 
honest and legitimate progress, else you will never do much with your 
milk and water philosophy. 

Moderate. — You do not like to inflict pain, but can do it when really 
necessary, though, in such cases, the greater pain is generally to your- 
self. You are not fierce, nor severe, but apt to threaten more than you 
execute. Your anger is not deep ; it needs more of the forcive, destruc- 
tive, executive, severe. You should learn to take hold of the world with 
an ungloved hand — to let the blows come heavy when they come, not 
light nor gingerly; should learn the fact that Nature is not chary 
of destroying — of extracting as well as constructing — of inflicting pain. 

Full. — When aroused you are quite severe — bitter and forcive in 
anger, but by no means cruel nor savage. You are disposed to mental 
severity, to bitter words, rather than to physical destruction or to the 
infliction of bodily pain ; will sting more by the word than by the blow, 
but not too much by either, and not apt to resort to the physical but as 
the last emergency. Well in this. 

Full 2d. — You are severe enough, and, when angry, are forcible and 
destructive. You can inflict pain, physical or mental, without much 
compunction, yet are not habitually cruel, but practical and executive, 
with little sentiment. When you strike, the blows come bard and 
heavy — quite enough so, and the greater safety is, in not striking at all, 
but when very necessary. 

Full Zd. — You are sometimes wanton in destroying and in inflicting 
pain, even in killing ; are rather violent in anger, yet not malignant. 
You could be instigated to murder under excitement. You should shun 



DESTRUCTIVENESS. 33 



defense, and then only when you can not otherwise escape. Do not 
make a merit of being able to whip others — it is an animal endowment 
— but cultivate the gentle and refined Christian, humane feeling. 

Large. — When angry you are very severe, bitter, cutting, and forcive, 
not at all gingerly nor light. You dip the dart in poison, before you 
shoot it. Those who provoke your ire, will have occasion to remember 
long the bitterness of your speech. You have a taunting, cutting, and, 
perhaps, sarcastic way of answering what displeases you. There is too 
much hatred in your anger. You are too unsparing, too merciless, when 
aroused, but are less disposed to resort to physical violence or force, than 
to bitterness of words — torture of the soul — yet you could smite, and 
slay, without quailing. Should restrain this propensity. 

Large 2d. — You have a very fierce temper. You are rather too bitter, 
malignant, savage, vindictive, when angry — too unforgiving, too merci- 
less. You take delight in squeezing, pinching, pressing, and, perhaps, 
in biting, in torturing. You tread on the heel, and are forcive and 
executive. You like to destroy what impedes your progress, and you 
strike heavy and hard blows when you strike. You could witness the 
infliction of pain, as the extraction of a tooth, amputation of a limb, 
even with pleasure. You delight in death-scenes, and, perhaps, in kill- 
ing the animals, and, if provoked^ could kill men. Your anger gives 
great tone to the muscles, clenches the fist, closes the teeth, scowls the 
brow, and, in short, wakes up the savage in you. You should keep the 
temper under, lest it lead you into trouble ; cultivate the mild and 
forgiving, avoid carnivorous diet, scenes of bloodshed, butchering, even 
of the animals. Learn to love mercy. 

Large od. — You are malignant, fierce, savage, cruel, and merciless 
when angry. You take delight in inflicting pain, in killing, even in 
murder, if you can find excuse for it. Your temper is a dark demon. 
You should be placed in circumstances to compel its control. You 
should be under the guardianship and guidance of others, so as to be 
unable to harm, until you learn to subdue and soften your temper, as, 
otherwise, you are hardly a safe member of society. 

Vehy Large. — You take a singular delight in cruelty, in paining, 
destroying, killing, perhaps in murder, havoc, war. You are possessed 
of a demon temper, an overpowering cruelty of disposition, bordering 
on mania ; a propensity to murder, that you can hardly resist, unless 
under the influence of a strong will, and even then, you are not a safe 
member of society. 



34 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 



ALIMENTIVENESS. 

Small. — You are dainty, light, and fastidious in appetite. Yon do not 
highly relish food, indeed, hardly enough to take sufficient for healthy 
nutriment. You should cultivate appetite, and learn to enjoy food as 
one of the great comforts, and material blessings, of life. 

Moderate. — You are rather dainty in appetite ; you do not eat heart- 
ily, nor with much relish. If your food be prepared just to suit your 
taste, you will enjoy it, but not otherwise, for you are rather particular. 
A little thing would destroy your relish for your dinner; you do not 
value it highly, and will some times needlessly omit it, and often, when 
the meal is done, you can hardly tell what, or how much you have 
eaten. You must not make too much merit of temperance, but cultivate 
appetite, and enjoy its blessings. 

Full. — Your appetite for food is good, but not too hearty. You en- 
joy the table gratifications highly, but can control yourself in that en- 
joyment. You are somewhat particular in your selection of food, but 
not too much so to secure good health. 

Full 2d. — Yours is a hearty appetite for plain,, substantial food. You 
like to live well, but are none too nice, nor too delicate in your tastes, 
but enjoy a good relish for -strong food, leaning, perhaps, to a desire for 
stimulants of some kind, a tendency against which you would do well 
to guard. 

Full 3d. — You are fond of highly-seasoned food, stimulants, etc. Yon 
have probably a craving for what is not beneficial in diet — something 
of a morbid taste. You eat and drink too well, rather than too much, 
of the wrong kind, and not carefully selected. Avoid rich pastry, 
mince pies, sausages, pork, grease, coffee, tea, tobacco, opium, liquor, 
and everything detrimental to health. Learn to live correctly, and re- 
store the appetite to a natural tone. 

Large. — Yours is a hearty appetite, almost too much so. You set a 
high value upon the good things of the table — most fully appreciate a 
good dinner. When you find what you like, you are apt to eat and 
drink, perhaps, more than is w r ell. Your appetite tempts you into indul- 
gences that are not entirely, and always, harmless, but your tastes are 
fine and epicurean, not gross nor coarse. Often a good- dinner has 
power to soothe a ruffled temper with you, and make life appear more 
promising. You would do well to watch the appetite, and be temper- 
ate and abstemious in its indulgence, and not give way for the sake of 



ACQUISITIVENESS. 35 

entertaining friends at feasts and banquets. Avoid all such, or control 
yourself in the enjoyment of them. 

Large, Id. — Yours is a very hearty appetite ; fond of rich diet, and 
plenty of it. You take much comfort in table enjoyments, and incline 
somewhat to stimulants, and, perhaps, highly-seasoned food. "Look 
not upon the wine," etc. You should be careful to avoid not only in- 
toxicating liquors, but rich, greasy food, coffee, tea, tobacco, etc., for 
these, no doubt, inflame the desire for strong drinks, which soon hur- 
ries one, with an appetite like yours, on to ruin. It will be well for you 
to always leave the table, with a portion of the appetite in reserve. 

Large Zd. — You eat and drink too much for your own good; are 
something of a gormand, or, perhaps, rather an inebriate. It is very 
hard for you to be temperate. You are likely to be the victim of an 
appetite, that you can not easily, perhaps possibly, control. There is 
danger that you may end your days in sorrow from this cause. 

Very Large. — Your appetite is well nigh, or quite, uncontrollable. 
You live to eat and drink. You are a gormand, an epicure, a Bacchus, 
or a Silenus. Visions of fat things, of fishes and fleshes, and strong 
drinks, fill your imagination, until they have ripened you into a mere 
animal. You should starve down for a while, thin out, and in every 
way, restrain this enormous appetite. 

ACQUISITIVENESS. 

Small. — You have but very little desire to acquire property, and if 
your needs be supplied you will never trouble yourself to attain wealth. 
You are a poor financier; shiftles's and prodigal with money. You 
should choose in life an economical companion, and trust that companion 
with the direction of business affairs — the management of the finances, 
and then cultivate a disposition to acquire and to save property. 

Moderate. — You are not very saving nor prudent in financial mat- 
ters, but disposed to be liberal in spending, generous, and at times prod- 
igal. You should study economy, as one of the chief lessons of life, 
and learn to make and save money and property till you enjoy a compe- 
tence of your own securing. You should have for the companion of life 
an economical, business-minded person, to whom you should trust the 
guidance of financial affairs. 

Full. — Your desire to acquire and save property is quite strong, but 
not too much so. You are economical, frugal, saving, when occasion 
requires, but not close nor penurious. You can make, but can also 



36 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

spend. You appreciate the value of property, but are none too avari- 
cious in acquiring it; have very fair business ability. 

Full 2d. — You are more apt at making than saving money. You can 
acquire, but you can also spend, and probably the end will be, having 
spent as much as made, yet you tax yourself much, and sometimes, per- 
haps, stretch the conscience to get that which, when obtained, you hold 
lightly. Should struggle less to make, and more to save; learn economy. 

Full 3d. — You have a strong desire to make money, and perhaps to 
save it, yet will often spend foolishly, and then be none too upright in 
getting. You are sometimes close, and even stingy and roguish in ac- 
quiring, but after all, not successful in keeping it. If you do not watch 
closely, you will find yourself getting property occasionally in a way that 
will not do to tell of, and in the same way spending the ill-gotten gain. 

Large. — You are eager and anxious to acquire property, to grow rich, 
and to wield a money influence. You are disposed to make a good bar- 
gain, and to be industrious, frugal, saving, and economical, almost too 
much so, yet at times may spend pretty largely, and be enterprising and 
liberal, but your main tendency is to get, get. Selfish. You tax yourself 
too much to make wealth, and this passion will probably increase 
with your years, till you become its slave, worn and fretted with the 
struggle for gain. If a fair number of years be allotted you, and acci- 
dents avoided, you will become wealthy, but hardly blessed therein. 
You should restrain this propensity, by resting occasionally from labor, 
from business, and finding time to cultivate the poetry and the philoso- 
phy of life. 

Large 2d. — You are close and avaricious in money matters — almost 
too close to be strictly upright. You make some hard bargains, or are 
at least disposed to ; are very anxious to be rich, have a great admira- 
tion of wealth and wealthy people, wealthy relatives ; are apt to do 
some mean things to attain wealth, and some things, perhaps, not over 
honest ; rather close-fisted and selfish ; should cultivate generosity, lib- 
erality, magnanimity. 

Large 'Sd. — You are avaricious, close, miserly, too much so to be hon- 
est. You aim to get gain at whatever cost; will be likely to pilfer; 
not trustworthy in money matters. Watch yourself here. 

Large 4th. — Your desire to acquire property is Very strong, so much 
so, as to prompt you to great exertion, but you are likely to spend very 
liberally. Will be enterprising, energetic, but will live through much, 
and hardly save the cream of the cup. You will, probably, make and 
spend more than one fortune in your life. 



_ . 

Very Large. — Your desire for gain is morbid, amounting to insanity. 
You worship gold. Your soul is close and hard to a more than ordi- 
nary degree. Your avarice makes your existence pitiable, for however 
much you have, you are poor in your desire for more. You are miserly, 
stingy, close, selfish, to excess. 

SECRETIVENESS. 

Small. — You are too frank, free, open-hearted, transparent. You 
" hang you 1 !" heart on your arm for daws to peck at." You may, possibly, 
keep a secret for another, but you have very few to keep for yourself. 
When excited, you talk, or laugh aloud, and, in every way, let your 
emotions be seen on the surface ; are noisy; when you whisper, may be 
heard across the room. It is very difficult for you to hide your feelings, 
yet you should study earnestly and diligently to do so. 

Moderate. — You are very frank, free, open-hearted, and candid in 
the expression of your sentiments, in your manners and habits ; al- 
most transparent ; your soul dwells on the surface; your emotions are 
easily read ; you conceal but little — have but few secrets of your own, 
though may keep inviolate those of others when mentioned to you as 
secrets; but if not so defined, you are apt to speak them out also. You 
speak loud and free, and despise a hypocrite, because the very opposite 
of your own character; are rather noisy and boisterous when excited. 
Your plans will be anticipated, and your actions known — so much so, as, 
at times, to cause you loss. You should learn to conceal where conceal- 
ment is well — " to lie low and keep dark," " to honor, once more, the 
kingdom of silence." 

Moderate 2d. — You often keep a secret from fear of the consequences 
of revealing it, but seldom from a secretive propensity, for you are dis- 
posed to pursue an open, direct course, and to speak out frankly and 
freely of whatever you think, and where you deem no evil consequence 
likely to follow; you are almost too out-spoken, frank, and free. 
Would do well to cultivate secretiveness. 

Full. — You can keep a secret, for yourself or others ; can conceal 
your emotions, command your countenance, when you think necessary, 
and keep your own counsels, yet you are not hypocritical, dark, nor 
cunning. Symmetrically and well-developed in secretiveness. 

Full 2d. — You can keep your own secrets very well, and control the 
expression of your feelings when necessary, and will even go so far, 
sometimes, perhaps, as to equivocate and to conceal where there is no 
occasion for it. 



38 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

jfaH 3^. — Sometimes you keep your secrets close and well, at others 
you tell out all, and more than all. Occasionally you equivocate, con- 
ceal the truth, and misrepresent, and, at times, take delight in stretching 
the story, or, rather, in perverting it to suit your own purpose, in 
falsehood. 

Large. — You are almost too secretive, non-committal, and reserved in 
the expression of your sentiments, purposes, plans, designs, etc. You 
delight in mysticism, concealment. Your friends do not know you ; "if 
your heart were in their hands, they could not find out its secrets all." 
Many people suspect your motives, because they can not read you. 
You desire to be an unread riddle to others, hence will speak or write 
in enigmas, in vague and ambiguous expressions, in double entendres. 
You like to develope your plans secretly, and then to take others by 
surprise in their execution. If asked a question of importance, your 
answer is indirect and equivocal, without being false. You aim to be, 
not understood, if not misunderstood. You seldom come directly to the 
point, but feel your way cunningly: are almost too politic, and not 
sufficiently open-hearted and free-spoken. Should cultivate candor, 
frankness, and freedom in expression, and trust the consequences. 

Large 2d. — You are too secretive, reserved, sly, cunning, fox-like. It 
is hard to know you^ you delight in concealing your feelings, purposes, 
plans, etc., from others, and in misleading those who seek to understand 
you. You will be thought hypocritical, and not without cause. You 
occasionally let out the secrets of others, that you may the better pre- 
serve your own from those who seek them. You sometimes equivocate, 
deceive, misrepresent. 

Large 3(7. — You are very cunning, sly, deceitful, crafty, treacherous. 
You have a strong propensity to misi*epresent, mislead, to lie, and prob- 
ably to steal. An unfortunate, selfish, low development. 

Large 4(h. — You are quite reserved, non-committal, self-possessed, and, 
as some would say, dignified in character. It is not easy to approach 
you, to be familiar with you; you keep others at a distance by your 
reserve. You keep your own counsels — "give your thoughts no 
tongue." 

Very Large. — You are excessively cunning, politic, sly, deceitful, 
hypocritical. You take a passionate delight in misleading those who 
peek to understand you. You could smile if your heart were breaking. 
Deceit is a passion with you. 



CAUTIOUSNESS. 39 



CAUTIOUSNESS. 

Small. — You are very rash, careless, imprudent. You do not know 
what fear is. You can hardly pass to a middle age unmaimed, unless 
3^011 become more prudent than you are now. You are constantly liable 
to accidents, dangers, misfortunes, that will be apt to shorten your 
days in the land, and all the result of your own imprudence. From 
the same cause, you will be likely to fail in business. In short, your lif 
will probably be a failure, and yet, you are apt to say, " I don't care.'* 

Moderate. — You are rather careless and -imprudent; apt to plunge 
in, without thinking how you will get out; to undertake an enterprise 
without calculating the consequences, yet may, at times, show a good 
deal of thoughtfulness and forecast, but not enough so, to be generally 
safe. You will be liable to misfortunes in life, owing to your careless- 
ness ; will suffer from accidents that a fair degree of prudence would 
escape. You are apt to break, lose, or destroy what, if preserved, would 
be of use. You should cultivate prudence, care, deliberateness, thought- 
fulness ; for if you do not, you will pay severe penalty for the want. 

Moderate Id. — You venture out too far in business schemes; in good 
times will do too much, and in financial revulsions will be likely to fall far, 
and to crush others in the fall. You are too venturesome, reckless, and, 
what you probably flatter yourself by calling, enterprising. Learn to 
" look before you leap," lest you light in the ditch. Be cautious. 

Full. — You are generally careful, thoughtful, prudent, and deliber- 
ate, but none too much so; are somewhat watchful and suspicious of 
men's motives, but no more so than is warrantable ; are generally ju- 
diciously cautious, and nothing more. Sometimes you err from exer- 
cising too little prudence, and sometimes from too much ; but all in all, 
you are happily balanced in this. 

Full 2d. — At times you are very cautious, at other times reckless and 
rash; generally watchful and suspicious, but not always prudent. 

Full 3d. — In some things you are careful and cautious, even to cow- 
ardice; in others, rash, reckless, and -improvident, from a desire, perhaps, 
to be thought brave. 

Large. — You are very careful, prudent, anxious, watchful, doubting, 
fearing, too much so, for your soul's peace. You hesitate too long, be- 
fore deciding, and aim too zealously, even in trifles, to be on the safe 
side. You miss many of the best opportunities of life, by waiting to 
see " how things may turn up.' ; You are apt to procrastinate, fearing 
to decide until the last moment, and often, till a moment too late. The 






40 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

bird flies while you are making everything safe for a good shot. You 
are rather too timid in your undertakings: you would make more by 
risking more. There are too many ifs, althoughs, unlesses, excepts, etc., 
in your conversation. In large companies, and particularly among 
strangers, or in the presence of those you are accustomed to revere, you 
feel a sense of embarrassment — a trembling anxiety, lest you may not 
do or say what is best. You do not like to trust others in far and fair 
promises, but seek safety even at much sacrifice. You prefer hard money, 
even at smaller gains, to promissory notes of less security. You often 
say, "I doubt it," and, " I fear," "I guess 'so;" or, "I fancy," or, "I 
presume," "I don't know," instead of yes, or no; and also, "take care,'' 
" look out," etc. — the language of your fears — yet, for all this, you may, 
when excited, be brave. 

Large 2d. — You are cautious, careful, watchful, even cowardly. In 
large companies and among strangers, you are easily embarrassed. You 
are too timid, hesitating, and uneasy; too apt to "take care." Your life 
is full of cares, and consequently troubles, mainly of your own making. 
You are always looking out for the future, taking care of the pieces, 
providing for a wet day. Even your religion, whatever it may be, is 
governed by your fears — ever active fears. Your soul is " horror 
haunted." You fear to trust others, however faithful, and want to see 
for yourself how every thing is done, hence, you are likely to become a 
slave to your anxieties. You should take counsel of your hopes, not of 
your fears ; should remember that everything does not depend upon you, 
but that the world prospered very well before you came into it, and 
will continue to prosper, no doubt, after you leave it. Cultivate indif- 
ference, carelessness. 

Large 3d. — You are watchful, jealous, suspicious; apt to ascribe even 
noble actions to low and selfish motives, and to look on the worst and 
doubting side of every thing; are cowardly, full of fears, forebodings, 
easily startled, terrified, alarmed ; are nervous, apprehensive of dangers, 
often where there is little cause ; shy, timid, hesitating. Very unhappy 
in your superabundant fears. 

Ijarge 4th. — You shrink from undertaking any important matter, and 
are apt to exclaim, " I can't," " I do n't know." There is a lion in 
your way; it would be but a calf to others. You throw cold wwr on 
every enterprise. You can do much more than you think you can, if 
you will only strike at it with a will. You need courage, faith, or else 
some one to urge you along. 

Large bth. — You are very prudent, long-headed, sharp, shrewd, cun- 



APPR0BATIYEXES3. 41 

' ning — not easily caught, but wide awake and provident against dangers 
and accidents, still doubting, hesitating, fearing, and watching. 

Vbby Large. — Your life must be miserable from your excessive fears. 
It would not be difficult to frighten you to insanity. You are too in- 
tensely cowardly. If religious, your faith will be one of awe and ter- 
mor — the horrors of hell — the awful solemnity of death, and judgment — 
Aubting — despairing — a slave to the dark demon, Fear. Afraid of 
arery thing. _ You should be under the guardianship and encouraging 
influence of a more symmetrical mind. In religion, in all things. re- 
Member your fears are unwarranted, and so learn to banish or control 
them. 

APPROBATIYEXESS. 

Small. — You do not care what others think of you. You are very 
indifferent to praise or blame; not ambitious to win renown, fame, or 
applause : not courteous nor pleasing in manner, but boorish and un- 
polled. A peculiar character. 

J|oi>erate. — You are rather independent, and indifferent to the opin- 
ioulof others, to approval or to censure; you do not court favor nor 
stol to win applause. You are somewhat stiff and abrupt, not polite, 
nookourteous, but piain and unvarnished. You are not at all given to 
flattering others, to passing compliments, nor do you favor the " mutual 
admiration societies.'" but very often you incur censure, and willingly, 
befluse you do not fear it much, neither do you appreciate a compliment, 
nor the finer and more winning graces of good society. You should 
cultivate ambition, love of fame, of approval, etc., to make a syni- 
mewical and beautiful character. 

Full. — You are sensitive to praise or blame; are courteous, affable, 
and ambitious to please, to appear to good advantage, but not more so 
tha£ is well ; neither too much nor too little, but Jiappily balanced in 
this. 

Full '2d. — You are sensitive to praise, but perhaps more so to blame. 
A word of reproach stings you. You can not bear rebuke — scolding; 
it chafes you. You talk of yourself, and sometimes to disadvantage. 
Yo« sacrifice ease and dignity to attract attention — often the attention 
of the unworthy. You are not happy but when noticed. Easily flat- 
tered. 

Full od. — You do not struggle so much to win approval as notoriety. 
You would rather be famous for the bad than not at all — would rather at- 
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42 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

tract the attention of, and be a hero among, rowdies, than win the ap- 
proval of the good ; this will lead you into sin. You sometimes boast 
of a mean action, as much as of the good. Somewhat depraved in this. 

Full 4th. — You are desirous of appearing well, of winning attention, 
of having a place among the worthy, but you do not struggle much to 
attain it ; are rather easy, self-possessed, and commonplace, in the matter. 

Large. — You are exquisitively sensitive to praise or blame, too much 
so for peace of mind. You are too ambitious to make a name that will 
live after yon, to attain fame, distinction in the world. This ambition 
will overtax you, and make the soul sensitive and sore; will add to its 
misery more perhaps than to its joy. You are too anxious to please 
others, to appear well, and make a good impression; too much influ- 
enced, perhaps, in what you do and say, by the consideration of what 
others will think of it to-day, or hereafter. You are polite and courte- 
ous, occasionally even against your convictions of what is best or right 
— you ask people sometimes to come and see you, when you do not wish 
them to come, to stay when you do not wish them to stay, for fear of 
giving offense. This feeling should be restrained, else it will lead to 
many weaknesses, as well as prompt to many virtues. Should cultivate 
indifference to praise and fame, independence, rest. 

Large 2d. — You are ambitious of show, display, respectability, titles, 
etc. You think too much of appearances, of what will be thought and 
said of you, and yours, of making an impression, of being known for the 
time. You are aristocratic, exclusive, if your circumstances permit — 
inclined to vanity — a weakness that you should curb ; are apt to talk of 
yourself and your perfections, of what you did, said, etc.; are thought 
somewhat conceited by your friends. You have a great desire to be 
complimented, noticed ; are somewhat affected, perhaps, and over polite; 
artificial. You should aim to be indifferent, simple, and natural — childlike. 

Large 3d. — You are vain, showy, dashy, restless. You think more of 
appearances than of realities. You boast of yourself and of your attain- 
ments, sometimes even in little things — making yourself the hero of 
the story. You have a strong desire to show off, to cut a dash, and to 
be felt in the world ; are not natural, nor easy. 

Large 4th. — You are more than ordinarily sensitive to neglect, cen- 
sure, or scorn. The least slight stings, irritates, mortifies you— so of 
any failure, or blunder, in the presence of others. You often imagine 
yourself slighted or neglected where no such thing is intended. You 
are fearful of intruding, of being where not welcome, and piqued if 
overlooked. You are not to be easily adjusted to the moods of others. 



SELF-ESTEEM, 43 

Large- 5th. — You are very sensitive, tender, delicate, and shy; very 
easily wounded. A bitter word would sting you to the heart, but a 
word of worthy praise would soothe and bless you. You are timid and 
modest, and exceedingly anxious to avoid giving offense or pain to 
others; to escape vulgar notoriety; to win, in quiet, and private, the 
approval of the worthy. 

Very Large. — You are exceedingly sensitive to praise, ambitious of 
notoriety, distinction, respectability, fame, renown. Your life is arti- 
ficial and affected. You should, by all means, cultivate the natural, 
simple, and childlike, and seek less for the world's praises, that are now 
so intensely delightful to your fevered soul. What signifies it in the 
end, whether it be praise or blame ? 

SELF-ESTEEM. 

Small. — You are very lowly, humble, and self-abased. You have but 
a poor opinion of your own ability and worth ; are easily shamed and 
discouraged — driven down to a low position. You should cultivate 
self-respect — a proud, noble, dignity; and remember always, that if you 
do not hold up your own head, others will not do it for you. 

Moderate. — You are not proud, but rather humble, and easily dis- 
couraged as to your own ability — lowly. You often let yourself down 
to the level of inferiors, and make yourself an equal with the unworthy, 
and stoop to that of which you are afterward ashamed. You want, 
and should, as you can, acquire self-faith — the noble, dignified pride — ■ 
reliance upon self, and learn not to follow in the wake of others — more 
pride. 

Full. — You have much dignity, pride, and self-respect, but no more 
than is desirable for a symmetrical character; are neither too proud nor 
too humble, but happily balanced. 

Full 2d. — You are more proud than dignified. You think much of 
yourself and of your possessions, but you are not at ease in your 
opinions of either. You let yourself down to trifling and unworthy 
actions, and yet you evidently think well of yourself, and what you 
can do and say. 

Full Zd. — Your self-respect is not large. You are not dignified, nor 
high-minded, but you pride yourself on the lower and more ordinary 
attainments and abilities. Should cultivate dignity, self-respect. 

Large. — You are proud, dignified, and self-reliant. You "call no man 
master." You stoop to none, only in courtesy. You think almost too 



44 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

much of self, of what you can do and say ; are disposed to look down 
on others, and have a great desire to surpass in the race, to be first. 
You are somewiiat egotistic, and self-confident, and, perhaps, a little 
dogmatic ; apt to carry the head high, and to aspire to large achieve- 
ments. This pride will do much to keep you from sin, from low and 
mean actions and associations, but there is danger that it will also make 
you selfish, and provoke much enmity toward you. 

Large 2d. — You are proud, high-headed, self-confident, independent, 
rather egotistic, and dogmatic — disposed to domineer, to rule others; 
somewhat wayward and headstrong — not inclined to heed the opinions 
of others, but to think your own best. You are apt to despise the lowly 
— to look down upon those you call inferiors, and to^ consider yourself 
something superior. Humility is not found among your virtues. Some- 
thing of a pharisee. You must have the first, or none. In traveling, 
you aim to put up at the best hotel ; to move in style. It is easy to 
insult your pride — to provoke you, perhaps, to a duel, to wound } r our 
honor — of which, by the way, you are more proud than of your honesty. 
Your word is as good as your bond, and, perhaps, better. This pride 
will blind you to your own defects ; it should be restrained, and lessons 
of deference and humility learned. 

Large 3d. — You are blessed with a much higher opinion of yourself 
and of your deeds, and sayings, and of every thing pertaining to you, 
than others entertain of the same. You are dogmatic, bombastic, 
egotistic, self-satisfied, priding yourself, withal, on very low and ordi- 
nary attainments. The fact, that any thing is yours, makes it of great 
importance in your estimate. 

Large 4th. — You pride yourself on your oddities, eccentricities^ pecu- 
liarities, on being different, from, and unlike, every one else in your 
manners and habits. You delight in being peculiar, unique, original, 
You think your bead a queer head, your character, a queer character, 
etc., and you take pride in making them more so. 

Large 5th. — You are dignified, easy, self-possessed, and at home, in 
your pride. There is nothing trifling, nor small, in your ways, but you 
feel that you arc worthy of respect and regard, and you are easy in that 
feeling, whether you secure attention or not. 

Very Large. — You are excessively proud, high-headed, stiff-necked. 
You entertain the idea, that there are few in this world as high and 
worthy as yourself. You disdain the opinions of others, and are, in 
short, eminently self-conceited, self-satisfied. Your pride borders on 
insanity. 



FIRMNESS. 45 

FIRMNESS. 

Small. — You are fickle, wavering, unstable ; easily coaxed or driven 
from your purpose. You have no will of your own, to carry out any 
scheme, so must fail in the undertakings of life, for want of it. You 
can not persist in controlling- the passions, nor in directing the ener- 
gies, to the attainment of any object. A victim of circumstances. 

Moderate. — Your will is rather feeble and fickle. You change too 
easily and often. It is not difficult to coax you from your purpose. You 
will not accomplish much in life, as you want stability in executing 
your plans. You will "resolve, and re-resolve, and die the same." Yet 
some times, you are quite positive for a short time, but too soon the 
will fails, and you yield. Too apt to say "I can't." You should learn 
to adhere to your purpose, till the object is accomplished, however diffi- 
cult. 

Full. — You are quite firm, positive, and set in your way, but not too 
much so. Have a good, strong will, but can yield, when it is well to 
yield, and persevere, when it is necessary to persevere. 

Full 2d. — Sometimes you are quite firm and persevering, and will, for 
a while, carry out your purpose, wilh much tenacity, and then suddenly 
become fickle and uncertain, dropping all, and yielding to every trifle. 
Not consistent iu energy. 

Full 3d— You are more obstinate than persevering, more tenacious of 
the contrary and wrong, than of the right, of the bad than the good. 

Large. — You are almost too firm, too fixed, too unyielding, too stub- 
born. Very determined and unflinching. Will carry your point if you 
can, whatever the effort it require. You dislike much to relinquish any 
object till you accomplish it. You often say, you are willing to give 
up, if convinced that you are wrong, but it is almost impossible to con- 
vince you. In short, you would do well to restrain this firmness, and yield 
more to the will of others; yet this very positiveness enables you to 
accomplish much that 3-011 Avould not otherwise. It gives you energy 
and force of character — reliability. 

Large2d. — You are at times very stubborn and self-willed, but not 
always. Sometimes you undertake a pomt, and drive for a time with 
great energy and perseverance, and th^n, perhaps, before the object is 
accomplished, you become indifferent, vacillating, and inefficient. Not 
steadily firm. 

Large 3d. — You are, when your passions are excited, stubborn, obsti- 
nate, contumacious, mulish, but when «alm, you become indifferent, and 



46 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

often fickle, changing from one thing to another, without driving any to 
its ultimate. You rely too much on fits and starts, and not a steady 
pull and a long one. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for a most mulishly stubborn 
and unyielding will. You must hang on till the end. You can not 
yield. Firm, firm as a rock; too much so. It is hard to manage you, 
either to coax or to drive. Your great self-will will do much for you in 
life, but it will also harm you, making many enemies. You should study 
to yield, to be more pliant — plastic. 

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS. 

Small. — You have hardly any idea of the meaning of the words, 
right, true, honest. You have few scruples of conscience, little moral 
principle; are dishonest, knavish, not to be trusted. You would as 
quickly tell a falsehood, as the truth ; yet you think yourself as honest 
as any one else, and are free from self-accusings. Should be under the 
direction of an honest, upright teacher, or guardian. 

Moderate. — You have some idea of the right, but it is rather feeble 
and easily overcome. You are not very honest nor upright; are easily 
led into sin ; you seem to have little disposition to avoid, however much 
you may to conceal it. You often tamper with principle, and take ad- 
vantage of others — misrepresent. Should, by all means, cultivate the 
honest, upright, truthful. 

Full. — You are honest at heart, and upright in the purposes of life, 
but will sometimes err, though, perhaps, not greatly, and then will re- 
pent. But, all in all, you will live a tolerably blameless life, aiming to 
deal justly by the world, not only in property, but in all things else. 

Full 2d. — You aim to do right, but will often fail. You are honest 
at heart, yet you will sin, and then repent. Your strong passions will 
lead you into many errors, and your conscienee into many regrets. 
Your intents are generally good, but they fail, and fall into the sin. 
Weak rather than wicked, in the moral nature. You need guidance, 
assistance, rather than reproval. 

Full M. — Although you aim to do right, you sin so often and so 
deeply, that your friends will think you have no conscience. Your life 
is one of many sins, and many regrets ; not to be trusted under tempta- 
tion — for with you, " the tempted is sinning." 

Large. — You are honest and upright in performing the duties of life. 
You aim to do by others as you would be done by. A lover of justice— 



HOPE. 47 

true and faith ful — you sometimes blame yourself, unnecessarily, for the 
shortcomings ; are over penitent, self-accusing, and thus you weaken 
your own moral influence. Do the best you can, and let the rest go, 
without regrets. Do not turn the eye of the soul in too much; self- 
criticism is not your blessing. 

Large Id. — You are more honest at heart than your life seems to war- 
rant, or than you get credit of being. You intend to do right, but you 
often sin, and then repent; yet, on the whole, will manage to deal tol- 
erably fairly. You have not power to resist great temptation, though 
your intentions are excellent. A mixture of evil and good. 

Large Zd. — You make many very excellent resolves, for the true and 
right, and in the face of them, you sin deeply and darkly. The destiny 
of your life seems to be, to sin and repent: and its last word may well be 
like that of another, " remorse." You have a goading conscience, but 
it does not keep you out of the hell-fire, though for itself it seethes and 
burns. 

Very Large. — You are morbidly sensitive to the right and true; are 
honest to a fault ; too apt to accuse, and blame yourself for wrongs 
committed — too easily mortified and humiliated over your own short- 
comings. Much excitement of this would derange — make you melan- 
choly, with the idea of some unpardonable sin. 

HOPE. 

Small. — You expect little in the future, but the worst. Are dispir- 
ited, easily discouraged, disposed to look on the dark side, to discourage 
every enterprise. A heavy, sodden soul, full of melancholy, despair- 
ing. Should cultivate hope, cheer. Remember the sun is above the 
storm. 

Moderate. — You have not many hopes, but are generally modest in 
your expectations of the future ; are disposed to look on the dark side, 
rather than the bright, to discourage, rather than encourage, to look back- 
ward, rather than forward ; to melancholy, rather than to joy; are seldom 
elated or buoyant, but often doubting and despairing. An unhappy life. 
Look at the sunshine, laugh, and dance with the brook, sing with the 
birds, and be glad, hopeful, and heartfull in life. Cultivate hope. 

Full. — You are generally cheerful, hopeful, and happy, but no more 
so than is reasonable and warrantable. You will have your miseries and 
discouragements, but will spring up again to fresher, newer life, and, 
in short, you have hope enough to keep the heart from breaking. 



48 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Fall 2d. — You are generally quite sanguine and hopeful, but liable to 
fits of melancholy. Sometimes you look on the brighter side of life — 
dwell in the morning sun — -and, then, occasionally you turn to the dark 
and despondent, and gather about you the shadows and mists of night, 
as if to say, What is the good of living ; yet you do not entirely despair, 
nor are you completely discouraged, but have a hope in the heart still. 

Full 2>d. — You are not deficient in hope, yet are you often gloomy, 
despondent, and unhappy; not really despairing, but often very melan- 
choly. 

Large. — You are very buoyant, hopeful, sanguine, expectant, joyous, 
always looking on the bright side, thinking, " to-morrow will be as this 
day, and much more abundant," and that, "there's a good time com- 
ing." Your hopes will be apt to lead you too far; to induce you to 
promise more than you can perform, but they will, at the same time, 
keep you cheerful under almost all difficulties, even while they cause 
many of these same difficulties. You seldom, if ever, despair, and though 
success often fail you, you hope on, and still on. Hope often deceives 
you, but blesses you too, the beautiful betrayer, with her lying promises. 

Large 2d. — You are at times very cheerful, sanguine, and hopeful, 
looking to brilliant prospects in the future, to the El Dorado, but at other 
times you have the " blues," and are melancholy and despondent, though 
never quite despairing. You. have hope enough to be happy, if you 
were more equable, more calm, and steady. The trouble is, you fly too 
high and too low, up and down. You are too fitful. 

Large Zd. — You are sometimes very cheerful, hopeful, buoyant, and 
glad, but at others melancholy, dejected, and morose. You have occa- 
sionally strong desires for something stimulating, to keep the spirits up, 
and will be apt to resort, to excitement. Look out for all gambling and 
lottery temptations. Guard against the delusive idea of making much 
by luck and chance. Try to attain a more steady cheerfulness — a more 
cairn tone, and to avoid the "blues." 

Large 4th. — Yours is a cheerful, equable, even tone of happiness, 
seldom running unwarrantably high, and seldom unreasonably low. 
You hope and trust for the good, but if disappointed, are not discour- 
aged, nor much cast down. Leaning to the cheerful, happy, hopeful 
side. 

Very Large. — You hope for every thing desirable, and to want, with 
you, is to expect. You are always joyous, sanguine, cheerful; and 
whatever the present difficulties, you are sure that they can not last, 
and arc constantly promising yourself happy times in the future. You 



SPIRITUALITY. 49 

expect much more than you will ever realize. Are ever bewildered 
with brilliant and happy hopes, that may result in mania, hallucination, 
or delusion. 



SPIRITUALITY. 

Small. — Your mind tends eminently to materialism. You have little 
faith in the immortal, in the soul, in God, in any thing but what appeals 
to the senses. Hence you are apt to scorn all forewarnings, dreams, 
spirit-intuitions, coincidences, etc. "0 thou of little faith!" Yet you 
too have your superstitions, though not many. 

Moderate. — You are not at all prone to believe in the spiritual, the 
higher, the holier, the more mystic, part of man's nature, the immor- 
tality of the soul, with its strange, problematical destiny; yet, at times, 
feeble glimpses of the far-life will flash upon you, and you will be, for 
the moment, translated to a higher faith, but it leaves you soon again in 
the dark, and all you see in man then, is blood and bone that must turn, 
at last, to dust. You are too skeptical, and too apt to pride yourself on 
being so. Should cultivate the spiritual, the trusting, faithing. Better 
be a Peter than a Thomas. 

Full. — You are not wanting in faith, but are disposed to believe and 
trust, where there is fair reason for so doing, even without absolute 
proof. You take pleasure in thinking of the spiritual nature of man, yet 
will be puzzled with many doubts, and are none too zealous in faith, 
none too spiritually inclined. Your feet are on the clay. 

Full 2d. — You are not remarkable for faith in the spiritual, nor for 
interest in the dreamy. Are rather practical, and material, believing 
most in what you see and know, and not troubling yourself much about 
the rest. Somewhat skeptically inclined. You want to sec the matter 
proved, before you believe it. 

Full 3d. — Your beliefs and unbeliefs are strangely mixed. In some 
things you are credulous and superstitious, believing in trifling signs or 
omens, and in things, perhaps, more evidently true and real, you are 
often skeptical, doubting, disbelieving. 

Large. — You love to think and talk of the spiritual nature of man, 
of the immortality of the soul, and of its hopes and its fears, its pros- 
pects and its capacities; of the existence of God, and of other specula- 
tive and mystic themes. You often see in dreams what, afterward, is 
realized — catch, sleeping or waking, glimpses of the future — have a gift 
of foresight — a kind of clairvoyance, and a remarkably sympathetic tone 



50 . DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

of mind ; that is, you sympathize with those that interest you, even 
when far from them ; and if they be ill, or die, you are warned of it, 
and see their condition. You are not always so, it is true, but mainly 
when the soul gets the better of the body, when the physical powers are 
weak, and when the moral have been long excitel. You easily receive 
soul impressions, and you delight to dwell in the dream world. In short, 
yours is a highly spiritual nature, but one that will be thought dreamy, 
speculative, and strange by the more practical. 

Large 2d. — You love to contemplate the spiritual, but, probably, in 
the light of old forms — the demons and angels, with the intermediate 
spiritualities. You entertain, probably, a feeling of respect and awe, 
mingled with fear and hate, for these people of the other worlds. Are 
disposed to think of dreams and omens, and you lean to what some 
would call superstition, credulity, marvelousness. 

Large Zd. — You are superstitious, believing in strange signs and 
wonders. You are apt to magnify any peculiar, or, to you, unaccountable 
circumstance into the marvelous, the wonderful. Hence dreams will 
signify much to you, and unpleasant dreams will alarm you. Ghosts, 
witches, fairies, demons, have a place in your faith, and an important 
one. Credulous. 

Very Large. — You entertain a very intimate communion with the 
spirit world, are endowed with a very sensitive, clairvoyant nature — a 
prophetic spirit. You love to dwell in the mystic, shadowy lands of the 
soul. By the more material and practical world you will be thought 
insane on this subject of the spiritual. 



VENERATION. 

Small. — You manifest very little awe for God or man ; are not dis- 
posed to adore nor bend before your Maker; are apt to speak of the aged 
and those in high stations, or of long established customs, irreverently 
You do not revere the old, nor yet the new, nor, in fact, any thing else, 
if else may be, but are familiar, disrespectful, and what might be called 
profane. 

Moderate. — You are not very deferential nor respectful toward the 
old, the long established usages of society. You do not stand much in 
awe of superiors, have not a strong tendency to adore, are not prayerful, 
nor respectful, but familiar, and what some would consider rather pro- 
fane. You lean to the radical — preferring the new to the old. An 



VENERATION. 51 

iconoclast. You should cultivate the prayerful, respectful, deferential, 
and thereby add symmetry and beauty to your character. 

Full. — You are not wanting in respect for those who are worthy of 
it; are deferential, but not slavishly so, and disposed to worship God, 
particularly as you see him manifested in his works. Are religiously 
inclined, though may not agree with any particular church. You look 
upon the aged with respect and tenderness, and upon old customs as to 
be preserved, until better are found to take their place. Your mind is 
finel} r and fairly balanced in this respect. 

Full 2d. — You are disposed to revere old customs, and, perhaps, aged 
people, but are not remarkable for religious zeal nor disposition to 
worship; are not very deferential. If religiously educated, may be 
prayerful, but not very; and, under provocation, will be likely to make 
use of profane and irreverent expressions — perhaps to swear. 

Full 3d. — You are not religiously inclined — not deferential nor re- 
spectful, yet are disposed to observe old customs and established usages. 
When excited, are apt to swear, to use profane language, to blaspheme 
high and holy names. That is, probably, your style of prayer. 

Large. — You are very deferential and respectful toward the aged. 
Are strongly inclined to worship, to prayer, to religious exercises. In 
the presence of the old or mighty, you stand in awe ; are apt to vener- 
ate old ideas, and long-established customs; are rather conservative, too 
apt to consider received" laws and principles sacred and not to be mo- 
lested or changed. Your intellect is warped by this tendency to venerate 
— to preserve your household, your hearthold gods, and you are in great 
danger of religious bigotry from it, of being prompted too much by a 
blind instinct — a longing to worship, and that devotedly. The old times 
are the dear ones with you, the good of life is passed; things are not 
what they were. You prefer old authors, old customs, old books, look- 
ing to the past. You are something of an antiquarian. Your religion is 
fervid and earnest. You should look more to the beauties of to-morrow, 
and less to those of yesterday. Do not blind yourself with the belief, 
that God has sealed the book of life, but trust, rather, that its finest 
pages are yet to be written. 

Large 2d. — In your religious views, } r ou are very zealous, but bigoted, 
adhering strongly to your own church and party, with the full convic- 
tion that that alone is right and safe. You are rather narrow, illiberal, 
and conservative, but not intolerably so. Too apt to turn to the past 
for your only light, and to you it is quite sufficient, hence, your vision 
will be very limited, and you will be likely to learn little, and to change 



52 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

little. You should cultivate the reformatory, and learn to love the new, 
and to be liberal in religious sentiments, remembering that others are 
quite as likely to be right as you. 

Large 3c/. — You are very conservative, and tenacious of old opinions 
and customs, blindly so. You are looking always to the past, and ex- 
pecting little from the future. What might be considered " old fogyish." 
Not wanting in the religious emotion, but it leans to bigotry and parti- 
san feeling, to sectarianism, to the saving of a few souls only, and those, 
of your church and party. Narrow. 

Very Large. — You delight extremely in the worship of the Supreme 
Being. Are eminently religious and prayerful, so much so as to be in 
danger of becoming deranged on religious subjects. Should, by all 
means, avoid religious excitement, remembering that this instinct is a 
terrible, and often blind master of the soul. Cultivate in its stead, the 
light, gay pleasures and amusements, to overcome this morbid state of 
the mind. 

BENEVOLENCE. 

Small. — You are very indifferent to the sufferings of the world — cold 
and uncharitable. So long as you are yourself at ease, you care not 
how it is with others, but excuse yourself on the ground, that it is 
nothing to you. Heartless,- soulless, and unsyrupathizing. You know 
little of the " Sweet charity." A maimed soul. 

Moderate. — You are not very obliging nor kind-hearted, but are rather 
careless of the comforts of others, indifferent as to tHeir welfare, not 
disposed to much effort to make the world happy, but you look out 
mainly for yourself, and adopt many selfish plans, and make use of sel- 
fish expressions. Arc rather unforgiving and uncharitable, and if others 
suffer, you are apt to think it is good enough for them, they deserve it, 
etc. You take the world to be very selfish, because you are yourself so. 
You should cultivate the generous, kindly, noble, humane feeling, sym- 
pathy for the sorrows, and joy for the happiness of others. 

Full. — You are kind and obliging, disposed to accommodate, and are 
glad to see others happy, and you endeavor to make all so that you can, 
but you will not overtax yourself in this direction. Not over sympath- 
etic, but fairly so. Symmetrically developed in this respect, though a 
little more of the charitable and philanthropic would be well. 

Full 2d. — You are not over kind-hearted, but still you like to see 
others happy rather than unhappy, particularly your friends, and may 
give, to make them so, but will not put forth great effort to accomplish 



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any disinterested purpose, for in it all you do not care much how the 
world fares, so long as you succeed, and others think well of you. More 
generous than really kind. You have more of a passive, than active 
benevolence. 

Full od. — You are not remarkable for kindly feeling, but are often 
cold and selfish, though at times, prompted to generous deeds. Your 
kindness is fitful, being sometimes quite obliging and good, but mainly 
selfish. 

Large. — You are very kind-hearted, tender and generous toward 
others. Ever ready to sympathize with the suffering, to alleviate the 
anguish, to soothe the pain, to soften the sorrow of those around you, 
though you will bear their trials yourself. " A good Samaritan " — chari- 
table and forgiving of the faults, even of those whom you do not love. 
A philanthropist, desirous of blessing all — even those who would not 
bless you. 

Large 2d. — You are kind toward others, but you would rather help 
them to help themselves, than give them much of what you have. Are 
charitable and forgiving toward those who do not arouse your stronger 
passions, but there are people in the world whom you are slow to for- 
give. At times you are very tender and sympathetic, but at others, 
rather selfish and indifferent, though, all in all, kind, obliging, and 
neighborly, and not wanting in generosity, particularly where your 
friendship is enlisted. 

Large 3d. — You are generous, kind-hearted, and good-natured, but not 
disposed to put forth much effort to bless mankind. You do a favor, 
where you can easily, but will not tax yourself greatly to do it, unless 
for a friend. Are much disposed to forgive the errors of others, even 
of your enemies, and to be easy in your exactions ; in short, to be good- 
hearted, though you often permit pain, when you might prevent it, for 
you are sometimes selfish as well as kind. 

Very Large. — You are remarkably benevolent, charitable, and for- 
giving. A large, loving, kindly human heart is yours. You delight 
in making others happy, and you leave a benediction wherever you go. 
You sympathize deeply with the sufferings even of animals, and your 
soul is full of pity for the needy and the sorrowful. You are very dis- 
interested and free from selfishness, in all you do. Must bless others 
more than youself, but yourself also in being so kind and good. 



54 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

CONSTRTJCTIVENESS. 

Small. — Ton never invent any thing new, in a mechanical way. Are 
no machinist, at least are very deficient in constructive talent, however 
much you may be able to copy. You take very narrow and direct views 
of every subject, and seldom consider the possibility of different con- 
struction, and of surmounting obstacles by new, untried, or different 
methods. Not an inventive mind. 

Moderate. — You may make and build, but you do not invent any 
thing different from what you have before seen, nor do you take broad 
views of subjects, but narrow and direct. You generally try one accus- 
tomed way of accomplishing any object, and if that fail, you do not 
think of many others. You are not inventive, nor fertile in plans. 
Might be a mechanical mechanic, but not an original, nor inventive one. 

Full. — You have good mechanical ability, in the way of planning, 
constructing, building, or inventing, but not so much so as to attract 
particular attention. If you study the laws of mechanics, learn a trade, 
and practice it, you can succeed in it as a business, very well, but will 
show no marked originality, nor inventive power. Could learn to use 
tools well, and succeed in a mechanical calling. You take a general, 
and fairly broad view of any subject, and often consider, and suggest, 
new means of accomplishing an object, or overcoming a difficulty. 

Full 2d. — You could learn to use tools well, to build, fix, tinker, make, 
and do, as a mechanic, any thing you had seen done, but you can not 
invent nor originate any thing novel, nor turn far from the beaten path 
in working. 

Full 3c?.— You can plan, originate, invent, or suggest means of 
accomplishing an object, removing obstacles, or attaining an end very 
well, but you are not apt in executing. You can suggest a way of 
doing, but you are not a good hand to do it. You can plan, but you 
must get others to execute your plans, particularly so in working with 
tools or machinery, yet may, with practice, succeed as a mechanic. 

Large. — You show great aptitude in constructing, planning, originat- 
ing, or inventing any thing in a mechanical way. Are always thinking 
of some new and better means of accomplishing an object than the 
one to which you have been accustomed. Are apt to suggest the various 
possibilities and probabilities of an enterprise — its various constructions. 
Are fertile in plans. You take broad and general views of any subject, 
and do not confine yourself to one side of it, but see it in many bearings. 
Will take delight in machinery, and mechanical operations. Could 



IDEALITY. 55 

invent. In short, would succeed, more than ordinarily well, as a 
mechanic. 

Large 2d. — You can use tools excellently well ; can build, construct, 
fit, finish, as a mechanic, well ; but you do not invent any new means 
of performing labor — any new machine; do not originate nor try new 
ways, but can make or fix well any thing that you have ever seen made, 
in a mechanical way, or could fit a part where it belongs ; though you 
had never seen it before. 

Large 3d. — You can plan, invent, or originate well, but you are not 
successful in executing. You theorize better than you practice ; could 
tell others how to do, much better than you could do, in a mechanical 
way. Must measure as you go, or will find one piece too short, and 
another too long; yet will understand machinery, and be interested in 
it, but more in schemes, and plans pertaining to business and general 
life. 

Large 4th. — You like to make and tinker the delicate, and fine, and 
ornamental, rather than the coarse and strong. Could, with practice, 
construct a watch better than a bridge, a fine carriage better than a 
strong wagon. 

Large 5th. — You can build, make, construct the large, coarse, strong, 
and useful, better than the fine, delicate, and ornamental — a bridge, 
barn, or rude machine, better than a watch. The watches you would 
make, would be strong clocks when finished. 

Veky Large. — Your mechanical genius is remarkable. You can do 
almost anything with tools, (and it might almost be said, without them) 
— make, fit, finish, invent. This is a ruling passion with you — a me- 
chanic mania. You ought to devote yourself entirely to mechanical 
inventions, being careful to avoid intense excitement in them, lest it 
derange you. 



IDEALITY. 

Small. — You are very plain and unornamental in all you do and say 
■ — too plain and literal. You are no dreamer, but eminently practical. 
Not poetic nor sentimental. You prefer the useful to the beautiful. 
You are no admirer of beauty, nor grace. Too plain and ordinary in 
your ways. 

Moderate. — You are rather plain and practical, not poetic nor ideal. 
You prefer the useful and common, to the ornamental. When you pur- 
chase a garment, or any article for your own use, you select a substan- 



56 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

tial one — one that will last and serve, instead of one that is beautiful. 
You are not a lover of the beautiful. You may, at times, catch glimpses 
of the ideal life, but all in all, your imagination is plain and dull, and 
your fancy tame. Should acquire a love for the beautiful ; cultivate 
flowers, study poetry, painting, eloquence. 

Full. — You are not wanting in a love of the beautiful — a taste for 
poetry, for the refined and elegant of life. Are endowed with some- 
thing of the sentimental, but are not at all remarkable for it. You love 
the ornamental, but not so much so as to sacrifice the useful to it. Are 
practical but refined. 

Full 2d. — You are fond of the beautiful, particularly as it appeals to 
the eye, in dress, in pictures, in ornament, etc., but are not remarkable 
for taste in poetry at all, though you will be likely to think yourself 
very fond of it. Be assured your taste in that way is not high, but 
might profitably be cultivated, and elevated. 

Full 3d — You have quite a taste for gaudy ornaments, for trinkets, 
and tinsels, and show, but are not particularly fond of the poetic and 
refined. Gew-gaws and baubles. Want of culture, perhaps. 

Large. — You love all things beautiful. You are a dreamer, and a 
dweller in that mystic realm, where shadows fill the haunted chambers 
of the soul. You have a fine, poetic taste, an active and ardent imag- 
ination. You perceive beauty where others do not. You recognize it 
in the flower, the landscape, the poem, the star-lit sky, the lonely lake, 
the dim and shadowy twilight, the moaning of the night wind, the 
music of the pines, the laughing of the brook, the ripple of the river, 
the sobbing of the surge; in short, wherever God speaks, whether by 
sounds, or silent signs, the majesty and loveliness of His presence. 

Large 2d. — You are very fond of the beautiful as it appears in dress, 
in ornament, and display, as it appeals to the eye ; the gorgeous, the 
brilliant, the tasty, and what plainer people would call the stylish. Are 
not wanting in a taste for poetry, but the glitter covers it, and the orna- 
ment physical is apt to overwhelm the ornament mental. Your imag- 
ination is ardent, so that in speaking of any matter, you are likely to 
give it an intense and imaginative hue, to exaggerate. Should be care- 
ful to avoid a strong tendency to be dashy, fashionable, stylish, dressy, 
superficial, showy. 

Large 3d. — You are very fond of the gaudy, the brilliant, the dashy — • 
the tinsel the ornament, but you have not a fine poetic taste. Your im- 
agination is ardent, but it needs chastening, refining, educating, culti- 
vating. You are apt to exaggerate, to color too highly what you say. 



IMITATION. 57 

Large 4th. — You are a muser, a dreamer, always imagining probabil- 
ities ; pensive, quiet, shadowy, mystic, living more in the ideal than in 
the real, in your dreams, day dreams, than in the actual world. Are 
speculative and suggestive rather than practical. 

Very Large. — You have a remarkably high poetic taste ; a sensitive, 
ardent imagination; a passionate love for the beautiful. Beauty is the 
god of your idolatry. Should be a poet or artist, but not give yourself 
too much to the excitement of this passion, lest it unfit you for the duties 
of practical life. Study the useful, as distinct from the utility of beauty. 

IMITATION. 

Small. — You do not imitate others, in manners nor expressions, but 
are emphatically yourself — an original, with odd and peculiar ways. 
You can not mimic. You use but few gestures, and they are entirely 
your own. 

Moderate. — You are not much of a mimic, are not apt to fall into the 
ways, habits, manners, tones, and expressions of others, but are much 
disposed to peculiarities, and oddities. Probably delight in being em- 
phatically yourself, and unlike others. You probably think mimicry a 
monkey propensity, because you have little gift in it. You ought to 
cultivate it. 

Full. — You can imitate, copy, and even mimic, when you try, though 
you are not remarkably apt at it. With practice, might excel, but 
without it, will be only an ordinary mimic, and probably are not dis- 
posed to devote much attention to it. 

Full 2d. — You can copy after a pattern, or imitate any piece of work 
to which you have been accustomed, but you can not mimic well, prob- 
ably. 

Full 3d. — You can mimic the ways and manners of others with a 
good deal of accuracy and aptness, but you do not copy well, nor closely. 
Apt to imitate the fashions, and often the faults and foibles of society. 

Large. — You can copy, imitate, and mimic well and closely. Can 
act out well, can assume the ways, manners, and peculiarities of others. 
Might be a very excellent mimic, for you can easily fall into that tone 
of feeling, that you wish to represent. It is, indeed, difficult for you to 
preserve your own individuality, you are so apt to fall into the ways 
and manners of those around you. If you see a proud man strut, it is 
hard for you to keep from mimicking him — from strutting too ; a drunken 
man stagger, you can hardly walk straight ; a horse prance, your feet 



58 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

can hardly keep their usual step. You are very fond of representations, 
as the drama, of take-offs, in pictures, etc. In speaking, you gesticulate 
much — act out what you say, assuming even the tone and manner of 
those you represent. This disposition to mimic is hardly in accordance 
with dignity of character, and, it might, perhaps, better be restrained. 

Large 2d. — You can copy eminently well, any thing before you, any 
thing you see, as a pattern, but you are not so apt in mimicking tones of 
voice, gestures, manners, habits, etc., though you can do even that 
tolerably well. 

Large Sd. — You can imitate, and are very apt to, the manners, habits, 
etc., of those with whom you associate, and have a strong tendency to 
fall into and follow the fashions, particularly of those whom you admire, 
respect, or love. 

Very Large. — You have an unconquerable propensity to mimic every 
peculiarity and oddity you observe in others. Are always imitating, 
and can hardly live a life of your own, but copying the ways, manners, 
gestures, tones, etc., of every body else, and even of the animals. Can 
imitate the cattle, the birds, etc. Are a most consummate mimic, too 
much so, to be independent and dignified. 

MIETHFULNESS. 

Small. — You are very sober, serious, solemn, long-faced. Not witty, 
jocose, nor humorous, but apt to take everything literally, and in 
earnest. 

Moderate. — You are rather serious, sober, and earnest — not very 
witty, humorous, nor mirthful. Rather dry, and solemn visaged ; still 
are, at times, quite playful, and occasionally you enjoy a joke very 
well, and laugh pretty heartily, but, all in all, you incline to the sober, 
the long-faced — to take even jokes in earnest. Should, of course, cul- 
tivate the witty, humorous, laughable, by reading comic books, poems, 
plays, etc., joking in company, and by seeking humorous society, etc. 

Full.— You are quite witty, playful, humorous, mirthful, but not 
remarkably so. You enjoy jokes, fun, and sport, in their place, but are 
not greatly affected by them ; and, though you are not master of cere- 
monies in that way, you sometimes start a jest that has its day. Are 
ready in your replies, and rather apt in turning aside, or back, the joke 
that is aimed at you. 

Full 2d— You enjoy fun and sport very well, and laugh heartily and 
freely thereat; appreciate a good joke, but are not apt in turning nor 



MIRTHFULNESS. 59 

starting it, nor are you very witty in your replies. More humorous than 
really witty. 

Full 3d. — You delight mainly in coarse jests, low fun and sport; 
often obscene and smutty, but still somewhat witty and humorous. 
Rather clownish, but jovial and jolly — not remarkably so. 

Large. — You are very witty and mirthful. You laugh heartily at a 
good joke, and can fully appreciate it. You are very apt in your re- 
plies, and read}' in repartee. It is not easy to catch you in a joke. 
Your wit is rather brilliant, sparkling. It relieves you often from em- 
barrassment, where your judgment would fail. You have a strong dis- 
position to tantalize, teaze, play tricks, jokes and fun, upon others. 
You are not serious nor earnest, but disposed to find the ridiculous side 
of every subject, to look at it in a different light from what every body 
else would expect. 

Large 2d. — You are more humorous, than really witty — more dis 
posed to provoke and enjoy a laugh, than apt in turning a joke. You 
are famous among your friends for droll remarks, odd sayings, for a 
broad, jolly humor that makes you very companionable. In telling 
a humorous story, you make the most of it, and many of your friends 
will watch your conversation, for opportunities to laugh at your droll 
remarks. It is hardly a step for you, from the sublime to the ridiculous, 
but it is many a one from the ridiculous back to the sublime. You have 
a strong propensity to see the ridiculous side of everything, the absurd, 
the comical. 

Large Zd. — You are known among your friends, for a dry, pungent 
wit, a bitter mirth — a tendency to droll, but stinging remarks — a kind 
of sarcastic, biting playfulness, if it may be so called — irony. 

Large 4th. — You are very strongly disposed to laugh at, and enjoy 
the jokes made by others, but are not very apt to make them yourself. 
More known for your own risibility than aptitude in producing it in 
others. You laugh very heartily and freely, and enjoy it much. 

Large 5th. — You are very fond of witty, coarse, smutty jokes. Are 
apt to notice low and vulgar things, and to make fun out of them. Your 
wit is unclean. It is too apt to feed upon the obscene, and yet it 
laughs heartily, and is roisterous and jolly, and good-natured ; compelling 
others to pardon the coarseness, for the fun's sake — a clown. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for wit, sport, fun, humor, jollity, 
comicality, and all the mirthful catalogue. A king's jester — a come- 
dian; danger of being clownishly funny, and of sacrificing too much to 
the mirthful. 



60 DESCRIPTION OP CHARACTER. 



INTELLECT. 

Small. — You are weak in intellectual power ; not capable of attaining 
much ; perhaps idiotic, or almost so. 

Moderate. — You are not at all remarkable for general intellectual 
strength, or capacity. With culture may become all of ordinary, but 
not much more. 

Full. — You have a fair, and rather fine intellect, which, if properly 
nurtured, developed, and directed, will attain much; otherwise, will 
show itself, only, in a fair, general knowledge of its surroundings. 

Full 2d. — Yours is a practical, plain, business intellect, but, probably, 
not very highly cultivated. Would like to read and study, if you found 
time, bat you do not find much time nor opportunity for it. Will show 
to better advantage in every-day affairs than in literature, books, or 
science. Should, by all means, cultivate it more. 

Full 3c?. — Yours is a coarse, plain, every-day intellect, of fair strength, 
but little culture. It will, probably," never achieve any great success in 
the way of thinking or studying. 

Large. — Yours is a fine intellect, and strong. You delight in study 
and thought. You will pile up knowledge, as a miser would gold, as 
the treasure of the life. Are much disposed to reading, and though^ 
and observation, on the ways and mysteries of existence. Will, prob- 
ably, attain quite a high culture, and be scholarly and fine, in thought. 
A good intellect. 

Large 2d.- — 'Your intellect is strong, but wanting, a little, in fineness. 
You are capable of large attainments in knowledge, but your culture is, 
probably, not very high, and merely the result of your experience, in 
dealing with the world. You would like to read and study, if you 
found opportunity, and, at times,- will find such opportunity, but other 
pursuits will claim most of your time and attention. 

Large 3d. — Yours is a large intellect, but coarse, rough, and practical; 
solid and strong in dealing with the world, but not disposed to a high 
culture, to books nor literature. Can do for yourself, and succeed better 
than many that are more refined and cultivated. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for your disposition to acquire 
knowledge — to think, study, and observe the ways of life. You will 
know much, be a person of large and varied information, and extensive 
research, and fine mental acumen — eminently so. 



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INDIVIDUALITY. 

Small. — You have very feeble observing powers. You seldom notice 
any thing — make but, little use of the eyes ; could give but a very faint 
and feeble description of any strange scenery, or new country, through 
which you may have passed, or, indeed, even of that to which you have 
been much accustomed. Should, by all means, learn to look, notice, 
observe things. 

Moderate. — Yon notice but little, and have only ordinary observing 
powers. Are not sharp-sighted. You could give only a vague and 
indistinct account of the things you have seen on any journey, or in 
any strange place. You could hardly describe the appearance of your 
friends, nor the details of the furniture in a room with which you may 
be familiar, nor of the objects on the road you may have traveled often. 
You would profit by traveling much, and writing out descriptions of 
all you see, and by drawing maps of the routes you travel, and by filling 
out such maps, in detail, from the memory ; and when that fails you the 
first time, look again, and bear it in mind, and, by so doing, you will 
learn, at last, to delight in seeing all things new. 

Full. — 'You are quite a close observer. You see what is to be seen. 
Your eyes are open, and to some purpose; yet you are not disposed to a 
very close scrutiny, nor scanning of details. Will readily call to mind 
the general features of what you have seen, and, when you try, can 
remember very well the more minute points, but are apt to overlook 
them. Have quite a desire to see, examine, observe, but when you 
wish, can control it. 

Large. — You have a great propensity to observe, see, know, examine 
every thing around you. Are always looking, and with open eyes. 
You retain very distinct recollections, even of the details, of the appear- 
ance of every thing that attracts your attention. Will have a large 
and general information, however deep, as to the appearance of things, 
and will manifest much curiosity to see into, and learn all about every 
thing. Very apt to stare at any thing strange, or new, and to " devour 
it with the eyes." Sharp-eyed, clear-sighted. If you travel far in a 
day, are apt to suffer from pain over the eyes; and when you close them, 
to recall, rapidly, vivid pictures of what you have seen on the journey. 
Such pictures will flash and dance across the mind, till sleep relieve the 
inflamed brain from the result of too sharp looking. This tendency to 
observe, makes you practical, off-handed, and ready. 



62 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

Very Large. — You have an unconquerable desire and propensity ta 
see and know ev T ery thing around you — to glean and gather knowledge 
that you will, probably, never digest. You are always observing, see- 
ing, looking, prying into every thing, and you can not well restrain 
yourself. This is a passion, a mania, with you. 



FORM. 

Small. — You have but a very feeble and indistinct recollection of the 
forms, features, and outlines of what you have seen. Although you 
may recollect the things, you will forget their looks, appearance, shape. 
Have but a poor memory of faces, and are but a poor judge of symmetry, 
beauty of form. 

Moderate. — 'Your memory of features, faces, forms, outlines, shapes, 
etc., is not very distinct, nor retentive. You may remember very well 
those with which you are familiar, but new and strange ones, you are 
apt to forget. Nor are you a good judge of forms. You are often 
baffled when you meet people, to know whether you have seen them 
before or not. Should cultivate a disposition to observe and remember 
faces, forms, features, outlines, shapes. Should study drawing from 
nature — not from copies — as among the best means of attaining it. 

Full. — You remember faces, features, forms, outlines, shapes, etc., 
well, but not as distinctly as some do. You are, also, a very good 
judge of them, as to whether symmetrical or otherwise, but not enough 
so to be remarkable in this way. 

Large. — You are endowed with an excellent memory of faces, forms, 
features, shapes, outlines, etc. If you once see a face, you remember it 
long; and those with which you have been familiar, you hardly ever 
forget, but, years after you have ceased to know them, will be able to 
recall, distinctly, their looks, as the daguerrean brings out the picture 
on the plate. You can distinguish the forms of those you know, at 
quite a distance, and even when you can see them but dimly, as in the 
dusk of evening. Are a good judge of forms, of symmetry, of outlines. 

Large, Id. — You are a good judge of forms, shapes, outlines ; and you 
have a very good memory of faces, when you try to remember them, 
but you are often careless in noticing people, and hence may forget them 
when you meet them again. 

Very Large. — You hardly ever forget a face into which you have 
once looked, or a picture that has attracted your attention. You are an 
excellent judge of forms, outlines, shapes — as the shape of letters in 



size. 63 

writing-. You must be remarkable for your ability to notice, and 
remember forms, faces, etc., and to determine them at a distance, and 
even under disadvantages of seeing them. 

SIZE. 

Small. — You are a very poor judge of size, length, breadth, highth, 
depth, proportion, Would give but a very vague idea of the size of any 
object you have seen. Large and small, long and short, are much alike 
to you. 

Moderate. — You are not a very good judge of the size or proportion 
of bodies, yet with practice, and frequent measurements, you might learn 
to determine them with a good degree of accuracy. You are not very 
apt to notice bulk, length, width, etc. ; hence, in describing any object 
you have seen, you give but a vague idea of its size. In cutting, or 
procuring material, to serve any purpose, you are very apt to get more or 
less than is necessary, if you do not first measure it. Should learn accu- 
racy of eye. 

Full. — You are a very good judge of the size, bulk, proportion of 
any object you see. Have generally a correct eye, in measuring dis- 
tances. Can tell when a body is crooked, or straight, how far, how 
near, etc., but are not remarkable for ability in this way. 

Large. — You have a very accurate eye in determining size, bulk, pro- 
portion, length, breadth, thickness, etc. You can tell, by a glance, 
whether a body is crooked or straight, and if you see any thing out of 
proportion, it affects you unpleasantly — any thing, as mechanics would 
say, " skewing," or out of plumb. You can tell the distance from one 
point to another, how far, how near, can measure any article, almost as 
well by the eye, as others can by rule ; can tell from its size nearly its 
weight. • With practice could shoot a rifle, play billiards, or roll at ten- 
pins well; that is, if the nerve and muscular systems are in health. 

Very Large. — You have a most remarkably accurate eye. Rules, 
weights, and measures, are of secondary advantage to you, for you can 
determine all matters of ordinary bulk and proportion, very closely 
without them, quite as much so as others can with them. You are 
rarely deceived in measurements. 



64 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 



WEIGHT. 

No TE .— The locality and function of this organ are not well determined, but admit- 
ting the general Phrenological opinion, your character may be marked as designated 
below : 

Small. — You could not balance yourself on a high place, but would 
be likely to become dizzy, " and topple headlong down. r ' Could not 
ride on high, balance on a horse, fling a stone, pitch a quoit, nor do any 
thing requiring a nice sense of gravitation. Apt to stumble and fall 
often. 

Moderate. — You can not maintain your balance very well, on a high 
place, have not much of the ability to climb, to equipose, to fling a 
stone with precision, pitch a quoit, nor, in short, to do any thing requir- 
ing a nice appreciation of the laws of gravitation, yet could succeed 
fairly, with practice, but probably never excel ; apt to miss your footing 
often, and to fall. 

Full. — You can maintain your balance very well, even on a high 
place; could walk a plank, fling a stone, pitch a quoit, etc., well, with 
ordinary practice. Are endowed with a fair, intuitive perception of the 
laws of gravitation. 

Large. — You have a nice, intuitive perception of the laws of gravita- 
tion, hence you can maintain your balance, easily and safely, even on 
high places. Could easily learn to walk a rope, to climb, as a sailor 
would, to balance on tiptoe, to hold a body in equipose, to ride well, 
and in strange positions, on a horse, like a circus-rider; to shoot well, 
fling a stone, pitch a quoit, and would delight in the laws of projectiles. 
Could wrestle well. You seldom miss your footing. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for your skill in balancing, in de- 
termining and maintaining the center of gravity, in holding in equipose 
any body that you can command. Should be able to perform strange, 
and wonderful feats in walking a wire or tight rope, in balancing and 
suspending objects on a point, in short, in every thing requiring a nice 
and accurate perception of the laws of gravitation. 

COLOR 

Small. — You can tell white from black, perhaps, and but little more. 
Very deficient in perception of colors. 
Moderate. — You are not very apt to observe colors, unless they are 






ORDER. 65 

strong, or in glaring contrast. You seldom notice, and you can not gen- 
erally tell, the color of garments that you have seen others wear, nor of 
a friend's hair nor eyes. Are not a good judge of the nice coloring of a 
picture or a flower. Are not particularly interested in colors; do not 
delight in them. Should cultivate this organ, by contrasting colors, and 
learning the separate tints of a flower, a painting; by learning to ana- 
lyze temperaments, from the color of the hair, eyes, etc. 

Full. — You can judge of colors tolerably well, and can remember 
them, when you try, and are pleased by a proper blending of them. 
With practice, and discipline of the eye, you would be able to determine 
the nicer shades and tints of pictures or of flowers, yet you are not 
eminent in this way. 

Large. — Your eye is very sensitive to fine blendings of colors, so 
much so as to be pained by violent contrasts, or strong mixtures. You 
delight in delicate tints and shades, and hence will love to contemplate 
fine paintings, the flowers, the clouds, the autumn woods, a rich and 
gorgeous sunset, etc., and to you colors are rich in sentiments, are sug- 
gestive, as gray, of cold; scarlet, of intense passion, or of the sound of 
a brass instrument, etc. You notice and remember the complexion of 
your friend, the color of the hair and eyes, and of the garments worn 
on any occasion on which you may have been present, etc. 

Large 2d. — You delight in high colors, as scarlet, and in strong and 
violent contrasts of them, inclining perhaps to a preference for the ver- 
million. You like fine and dashy colors in dress and furniture — some- 
thing of the scarlet in every thing. 

Very Large. — You are remarkably sensitive to fine colors, and a nice 
and delicate blending of them. Are very apt to notice and be pained 
by any ill proportion of colors. If you were a painter, you would be a 
colorist, and delight in Titian. 

ORDER. 

Small. — You are very shiftless, untidy, and slovenly in your habits. 

Moderate. — You are rather untidy, careless, and disorderly in your 
habits — are not apt to have "a place for things, nor things in their 
place," but " to let them hang at loose ends." Are not systematic, but apt 
to manage your business, and probably every other concern of life, in a 
slipshod and disjointed way, to leave the strings untied and dangling. 
Yon should cultivate system, order, arrangement. 

Full. — You like to see things in their place, and take much pains to 
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66 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

put and keep them there, though none too much ; are generally rather 
orderly, systematic, and tidy, but not remarkably so. 

Full 2d. — You like to see things neat, tasty, and pretty, but you are 
not very regular nor systematic in arranging them. Not so orderly as 
tasty — more fond of beauty than of order. 

Full 3d. — You like to see things in order, and if you have control of 
others, may induce them to keep them so, but are not very apt to do it 
yourself, either because you are too busy, or else averse to making the 
requisite effort to do it — as some would say, too indifferent. 

Large. — You are very regular, tidy, systematic, orderly and precise 
in all your arrangements — what some would call " old maidish." You 
lose time and strength by being too orderly and particular ; although you 
aim to make things move regularly as clock-work, it takes too much 
time to fix the clock. Should give yourself more ease, freedom, natur- 
alness, abandon. 

Large Id. — You are rather formal, stiff, prim, precise, punctilious, 
ceremonious. You fix life too much to forms, and rob it of its freedom 
and grace ; are over anxious about points of order, system and arrange- 
ment; too apt to put faith in that doubtful, and perhaps, deceitful old 
proverb, " Order is Heaven's first great law." Cultivate naturalness, 
child-like simplicity, and freedom in action, behavior, and expression — 
what the French would call insousiance. 

Vert Large. — You are remarkably precise, particular, orderly, sys- 
tematic, tidy, formal. This is a passion with you. You will be likely 
to spend a large part of your time in trying to obtain order, where 
others create what to you is confusion — and in this respect, you will be 
unhappy. You should most decidedly restrain it. 

NUMBER. 

Small. — You are not free nor easy in multiplying, dividing, adding, 
subtracting, counting, nor in any way using or remembering numbers. 
Indeed, you are markedly deficient in this, and naturally averse to exer- 
cise in the ground rules of arithmetic, however successful in the higher, 
and in the mathematics generally. 

Moderate. — You are not apt in the use of numbers, in multiplying, 
adding, subtracting, dividing, counting, remembering how many, nor in 
any thing depending upon a nice and ready appreciation of the relation 
and value of numbers, however well you may succeed in higher arith- 
metic and the mathematics. Would not make a quick and correct ac- 



NUMBER. 67 

countant, though, with discipline, might succeed very fairly, and might, 
by certain rules and forms, attain rapidity, and, perhaps, precision, as 
both rapidity and precision are attained by mere mechanical instruments 
for computing interest, etc. Still, you have but little of the genius of 
numbers, and you would profit by cultivating it, as in mental arith- 
metic, etc. 

Foll. — You succeed in the use of numbers, as in adding, subtracting, 
counting, etc., very well ; also, with practice, in the higher mathe- 
matics, but you are not remarkable, perhaps, for ability nor genius in this 
way. Can remember numbers, how many, whether applied to separate 
units, as in counting, or to the aggregate, when expressed. Will take 
some interest, though hardly delight, in the ground rules of arithmetic. 

Full 2d. — You would succeed much belter in the higher mathematics, 
in geometry, trigonometry, the science of angles, curves, proportions, 
etc., than in the ground rules of arithmetic. 

Full 3d — You would succeed in the abstruse mathematics, as algebra, 
better than in the more practical and every-day use of numbers, as in 
counting, adding, subtracting, etc. 

Large. — You succeed more than ordinarily well in the use of num- 
bers; could multiply, divide, add, subtract, and count correctly, easily, 
and rapidly, and learn, as by intuition, the relation and value of 
numbers. Will take delight in mathematical computations, in statistics, 
in telling how many, in solving difficult problems, in playing chess, 
and draughts, if familiar with the games, and in short, in everything 
that exercises a fine mathematical talent. You also remember numbers 
well. 

Large 2d. — You would succeed excellently well in the higher mathe- 
matics, as in geometry, trigonometry, algebra, though only ordinarily 
in the mere use of numbers, as in the primary rules of arithmetic, and 
your want of skill and rapidity in the latter will retard your success in 
the former. 

Large 3d. — You would succeed well in the use of numbers, in adding, 
subtracting, counting, etc., in remembering how many, and in every- 
thing pertaining to mere numbers, but only ordinarily in the higher 
mathematics. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for your ability in numbers; a 
genius in mathematics, a prodigy. You take an intense delight in 
figures, statistics, numbers. This amounts to a passion with you. 



68 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 



LOCALITY. 



Small. — You have but a very feeble and indistinct recollection of lo- 
calities, the relative position of bodies. In strange places, you are 
easily lost and bewildered, hence you probably prefer to remain at home, 
or, at least, where you are acquainted with the surroundings. 

Moderate. — You have not a very distinct nor retentive memory of 
places, localities, the relations of objects to each other, the points of the 
compass, etc. In large cities, new countries, deep forests, or on the 
waters, you would be apt to be lost and bewildered, or, in vulgar par- 
lance, " turned round;" yet you are not remarkably deficient here, but 
might, with culture, attain a good ability to remember localities, etc. 
You should pay much attention to geography; travel, and read books of 
travel, tracing on the map the regions referred to, and draw maps of 
those you visit, and you will soon attain a power in this way that will 
be gratifying. 

Full. — You remember well the places you see, the localities of objects, 
and their relations one to another, the points of the compass, etc.; 
would enjoy traveling, reading books of travel, looking over maps, etc. 
You find your way ordinarily well in strange places, are not ver} r easily 
nor often lost, but are not remarkable in the strength of this instinct. 

Large. — You have a very retentive and distinct memory of the locali- 
ties you have visited, and of the relations, to each other, of the objects 
you have seen, the whereabouts of things. You love to travel, to see 
the world. You can find your way, easily and readily, in strange 
places, through large cities, deep forests, or over the waters. You are 
not often lost, nor bewildered, as to your position, but can generally 
tell the points of the compass, and which way to go. If a scholar, will 
delight, in geography and books of travel. 

Very Large. — You have an insatiable desire to travel, to see strange, 
new places, and you have a most remarkably retentive memory of all 
the localities of interest that you have ever visited. You can tell just 
how any place appeared when you saw it, and what particular spot each 
object occupied. Would make an excellent geographer, or pilot, or 
explorer of now regions. 

EVENTUALITY. 

Small.— Yours is a very treacherous and unreliable memory of events, 
facts, circumstances, narratives, details, minutiae of active life, etc. You 



EVENTUALITY. 69 

are very apt to forget even the most important occasions, and to be con- 
sidered absent-minded, and careless, when the memory only is at fault. 

Moderate. — Your memory of facts, incidents, circumstances, stories, 
narratives, etc., is not very retentive, but rather treacherous and poor. 
It would be with great difficulty, if at all, that you could call to mind 
the events of any preceding day — the details, or, as you would self- 
excusingly say, " the minutiae, the trifles." Many incidents are trifles to 
you, that are, at last, of great importance. As an evidence, you would 
give but an unsatisfactory account of any scene you had witnessed. 
You would be a poor historian, and, however well read, you will remem- 
ber only the skeleton principle, and forget the fine shadings, and color- 
ings of the many facts. Should cultivate the memory, by a careful 
study of history and biography, by writing, in the evening, an account 
of the incidents of the early part of the day, up to a certain hour, in the 
most minute detail. After practicing till at home in this, extend the 
time, writing, as it were, this evening, what occurred yesterday morning ; 
when accustomed to this, extend the time still further, till you write 
occurrences a week old, and you will be decidedly gratified with the 
result. 

Full. — Your memory of events, occurrences, circumstances, anecdotes, 
facts, etc., even in detail, is very fair, but not the best. Neither deficient 
nor superior in this respect; and, as memory is a desirable possession, 
you might profitably cultivate it, in the same manner as one having it 
only moderate, though yours is already very good. 

Full 'Id. — Your memory of events, of the active details of life, was 
once very fair, or, perhaps, excellent, but it is fading, fading, for want 
of culture, or attention, or health, or from some want. 

Full 2>d. — Your memory of facts, stories, events, circumstances, etc., is 
very fair, when you try to remember, but you are too indifferent to try. 
Not apt to notice what is passing, and hence will be considered forgetful, 
but you do not forget an event that interests you. 

Large. — Your memory of facts, stories, anecdotes, narratives, occur- 
rences, etc., is more than ordinarily good, clear, and retentive — indeed, 
excellent. You seldom forget any thing that interests you. You take 
great delight in stories, and accounts of any thing new or strange. You 
could learn well any thing pertaining to history or biography, and, if 
a student, you take delight in these studies. You like to hear, and, 
perhaps, tell, stories, and describe incidents, and you have, in short, a 
fine memory, and ought to be a scholar. 

Large 2d. — Your memory is slow to get, but sure to hold. Once fixed, 



7*0 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

any subject of memory remains upon your mind, as if cut upon a rock, 
but you must exert yourself to so fix it, and then can do it but gradually. 
Very Large. — Your memory of events is remarkably retentive. You 
seldom forget any thing. You are passionately fond of stories, narra- 
tives, history, biography, etc. A fine gleaner of facts whatever your 
power to digest or use them. 

TIME. 

Note.— An organ whose size and function it is difficult to determine. 

Small. — You have little idea of the flight of time, the length of the 
hours, and but a poor memory of dates. You can not remember just the 
time of any particular occurrence or event. 

Moderate. — Your remembrance of the time at which any thing oc- 
curred, the hour of the day, whether after or before any other occur- 
rence, is not good. You can not tell, at all exactly, the hour of the day 
or night, without clock or watch, nor remember the date of historic 
events, and probably are apt to forget your own age, though may, pos- 
sibly, be able to beat time to music. 

Full. — Your memory of dates is very fair, but not the best — tho, when 
of any occurrence, whether before or after any other, in point of time. 

Large. — You have a more than ordinarily good memory of dates, of 
the time tvhen, the hour of the day at which any occurrence took place. 
In recounting any incident you are very apt to tell, with great precision, 
the time to which it relates, and in reading any matter of fact that in- 
terests you, you want to know just when it happened. You can tell 
very nearly the age of almost any of your friends, and are interested in 
anniversaries. 

Large 2d. — You can beat time to music accurately and well, and will 
take delight in correct time, and be pained by a want of it. 

Very Large. — You have an extraordinarily retentive memory of 
dates. You can judge of the time of the day or night as accurately almost 
as a clock would keep it; are very seldom mistaken as to the hour; a 
human time-piece. 

TUNE. 

Note.— This, if an organ, is one that Phrenology has hitherto heen unable to ex- 
plain, or. at least, the phrenologists who have attempted to describe it, in individual 
cases, have so often and so constantly blundered, that the more candid, and those of 
the most extensive practice, make a habit of ignoring it altogether, or of simply writ- 
ing opposite the definition of the organ in the chart the word, " Query," to signify, that 






LANGUAGE. 71 

its size and definition, in the case, are to the examiner unknown. The solution of the 
problem may he found, perhaps, in the fact, that music, whether vocal or instrumental, 
is not the language of any simple organ of the mind, any elementary principle of the 
soul, but is entirely a production of art, as much so as a picture, a statue, a poem, and 
composed, itself, of many elements, chief of which, who shall tell? However, from 
what light Phrenology has thrown upon the subject, your taste and ability may be de- 
scribed, conjecturally, as marked below. 

Small. — You have very little taste, or love for music, and probably 
never would succeed in making it. 

Moderate. — You are not very fond of music, nor will you be apt to at- 
tain skill in producing it, yet, with culture, might succeed fairly, though 
probably never attain eminence in it. 

Full. — You are fond of music, and are much influenced by it, and 
with proper culture, might become a good singer, or player, or perhaps 
both. 

Large. — You are very fond of music, and are much influenced by it 
— cheered or saddened; and you have a fine ear, and can easily learn 
the tunes you hear, and will take delight in reproducing them. They 
will haunt you, dwelling in the memory, and others, that you have never 
heard, in the imagination. Might, with culture and discipline, become 
a fine musician. 

Large 2d. — You are very fond of the passional, strong, voluptuous 
music, but you have not a nice taste, nor fine ear, and although you 
could easily learn to sing and play, you will not be sufficiently refined to 
excel as a musician. 

Very Large. — You are passionately fond of music, of melody, of har- 
mony. You have an exquisite ear and a fine taste. You ought to attain 
eminence as a musician, for music is an all engrossing passion with you 
— the object of your holiest love. 

LANGUAGE. 

Small. — You are very dry and barren in all your expressions ; have 
very few words, and they are not the appropriate ones. You are no 
speaker, nor much of a talker, but disposed to silence, and to answer 
questions in monosyllables, or by some gesture, as nodding, shaking the 
head, or some thing of the kind. 

Moderate. — You are not very free nor easy in your expressions, nor 
apt in your use of language. Your words are few and dry, and they but 
very feebly and poorly convey your idea's. It is hard for you ,to talk, 
yet you may speak fast; but, fast or slow, you use but a few words. 
Your vocabulary is very limited. You will never be known as a copious 



72 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

and easy speaker, nor can you commit easily to memory a speech, 
poem, expression, or quotation. You should cultivate language, by 
studying the modern languages — not necessarily the classics — by com- 
mitting to memory poetry, and fine passages in prose, and reciting them 
often ; by composing and repeating speeches, when alone, and engaged 
in the ordinary duties of life ; by talking with children, and engaging 
in conversation in society, and, in short, by keeping language ever 
busy. 

Full. — You are tolerably free and easy in your use of language, but 
not remarkably so. You can commit to memory, very well, any pas- 
sage that pleases you, and express your sentiments well, and, at times, 
forcibly. With culture and practice, might become a free speaker, an 
easy talker, or a ready writer, but, without them, will not attain much 
in this way. 

Full 2d. — Your language is not sufficiently free and easy to express 
your sentiments readily in conversation, nor as a public speaker; but, 
with practice and discipline, you might write well. You find quite as 
many words for the pen as for the tongue, and can express your senti- 
ments quite as freely on paper as in conversation, indeed, much 
more so. 

Full 3d. — You speak rapidly, when excited, but you use but few 
words, and they are rather* dry, and inexpressive, and meager. You 
are more rapid than fluent. Your vocabulary is limited, so that one 
might count your words, almost, on the finger ends, but on these few 
notes, you sound many changes. You can not tell all you know. Your 
best thoughts are maimed by your want of variety of words to give 
them rich expression. 

Full 4th. — You have a very good idea of what words are appropriate 
in expression, but you can not command yourself to speak them; are 
apt to stammer over a word even when you know it well — to stutter. 

Large. — You ai*e a free, easy, fluent, ready talker, seldom, if ever, 
wanting for words to express your ideas and sentiments — to give 
utterance to your passions and emotions, and to serve every other pur- 
pose of language. You lean rather to verbosity and redundancy, than 
to barrenness of expression ; take delight in talking, even when alone, 
sometimes, and you generally find that you talk more than is well; can 
commit to memory easily ; are apt at quotations ; with practice, would 
become a fluent public speaker*; can tell all you know, and, perhaps, 
some thing more ; have a nice appreciation of the import and applica- 
tion of words ; and, if one be not exactly appropriate, you quickly 



CAUSALITY. 73 

think of a better to supply its place, hence your expressions are very 
graphic, inclining, however, to tautology, against "which you need to 
guard. You take great delight in an eloquent speech, in copiousness 
of language, in sonorous words, in alliteration, etc.; would easily 
acquire a knowledge of the modern languages. 

Large 2d. — You speak very freely, and use language easily, but not 
always discriminatingly ; apt to speak around the point, in high-sound- 
ing terms, rather than with directness, force, and vigor. Try to attain 
simplicity and point. 

Large 3d. — You could, with practice, write well — express your senti- 
ments finely on paper, but you are not very apt in speech. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for your free, easy, ready use 
of language, " words, words, words." You love to talk ; it is a 
passion with you, and one almost uncontrollable. You can commit to 
memory, very easily, and quote nearly the words you have heard or 
read, hence you are apt to fall into verbosity, tautology, and all the 
other word-sins, using many quotations for the same expression, telling 
how one said it, and how another. You take a passionate delight in 
talking — talk, talk, talk. Restrain language by saying less, and be 
assured one-half the words you use would serve the purpose better. 

CAUSALITY. 

Small. — You can not reason from cause to effect ; do not understand 
the meaning of the word tohy, and can not, even though you should 
study it in all the dictionaries in the land. You have no sympathy 
with abstractions. 

Moderate. — You do not reason well from cause to effect, nor from 
effect to cause; do not appreciate the word why; are not deep, however 
brilliant in intellect ; do not sympathize with the abstract ; you want 
to know how things are, or are done, rather than why they are so ; can 
not trace remote consequences ; are not solid nor profound in know- 
ledge; not deep nor originating in thought. 

Moderate 2d. — Your reasoning powers are feeble and inactive. It is 
difficult to induce you to see into or through any intricate subject, or 
to trace out a course of reasoning — to appreciate general principles. If 
asked your reason fo^any belief or course of conduct, you say, because 
it is so, or because I wanted, or something equally inapplicable. 

Full. — You have very fair ability and inclination to trace causes 
to their effects, and effects to their causes — to reason. You gen- 
erally want to know the why of any phenomenon ; are apt to ask 



74 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

questions, to investigate, to ponder over any thing strange or new, and, 
if educated, are capable of depth of thought, but, if not, will be known 
for only ordinary power of reasoning and insight. 

Large. — You have a great disposition to reason, to wonder why and 
wherefore, to trace out the causes of actions or phenomena; to investi- 
gate, to pry into all matters, strange or new, until you find out all 
pertaining to them ; not satisfied till you reach the bottom ; no surface 
skimmer, but a deep reasoner and thinker ; apt to assign a because for 
any thing you do or say, thus — " I say so, because," etc. ; and to ask 
a why of others, as — "Why do you say or do thus and so?" You are 
very apt to theorize, plot, and plan, and will take delight in abstrac- 
tions, in abstruse studies, deep problems, far-fetched deductions. 

Large 2d. — You have a plain, cause-inquiring turn of mind; rather a 
solid judgment, and tolerably practical withal ; disposition to investi- 
gate, to know the how, as well as the why, but are not remarkable for 
depth, only substantial and plain. 

Large 3i. — You are always wondering why things are thus and so, 
and " you can't see into it," and are apt to ask odd, and often irrelevant 
questions in regard to any new, or strange occurrence or phenomenon; 
apt to ponder and muse; absent-minded; speculative and abstractive, 
rather than practical or applicate. Your plans and schemes will too 
often fail, for want of feet (so to say) to stand upon. You have a 
strong disposition to reason, to theorize, to suggest a cause for any 
thing, but you do not gather data sufficient to secure success in your 
reasoning ; do not gather new grain of thought, but grind the old to 
powder. Should look more, and ponder less. 

Very Large. — You have an extraordinarily deep, cause-inquiring 
turn of mind, disposition to investigate, to sift all the possibilities 
and probabilities, the reasons why and why not; eminently a reasoner, 
an investigator, however brilliant or however obscure, however trust- 
ing or however doubting, still bent on knowing why. That why is 
an immense word to j r ou, and one you use much. 



COMPAKISON. 

Small. — You seldom recognize similarities or ^dissimilarities ; can 
not successfully institute comparisons or trace out analogies; do not 
compare one thing with another. The words, like, and unlike, are 
not found in your vocabulary; little discernment of differences or 
parallelisms; blind as to comparisons. 



COMPARISON. 75 

Moderate. — You are not very apt in tracing analogies, similarities, 
dissimilarities, in detecting differences, in instituting comparisons. 
One thing does not often remind you of another, a similar one. You 
do not speak in metaphors, in parables, nor illustrate one point by 
reference to a case involving a like point; nor do you fully appreciate 
the force of a fine comparison, though you may enjoy it, and some- 
times, though rarely, suggest a very appropriate one. Should culti- 
vate this faculty, by frequently instituting comparisons between simi- 
lar and dissimilar objects, facts, etc.; by, studying geometrj^, trigo- 
nometry, etc. ; studying out the meaning of figurative expressions, 
parables, etc. 

Full. — You appreciate fine comparisons, and sometimes originate 
appropriate ones; are tolerably apt at analyzing and reasoning from 
analogy, at instituting comparisons between similar, and contrasts 
between dissimilar objects, facts, appearances, etc. You use the words 
like and unlike frequently, though not so much so as to attract 
attention. Are symmetrically and well, though not strongly, developed 
in this respect. 

Large. — You are very apt to institute comparisons between one 
thing and another, to trace out analogies, similarities, dissimilarities, 
to compare this with that; are very fond of fine and appropriate com- 
parisons, of parables, fables, metaphors. One person, thing, fact, or 
circumstance reminds you of another, a similar one. You are apt to 
use the words like and unlike, in writing or speaking, to compare 
what you dislike to something uncouth and disagreeable, to draw 
parallelisms between one and another, to show their agreement or 
disagreement, to use the comparative or superlative degree in speak- 
ing, e. (/., you are apt to say better or best, instead of good, and to il- 
lustrate what you say by a comparison or reference to something 
else; have something of a disposition to criticise, and dissect, and 
analyze — to resolve into elements ; also, to classify ; would, with prac- 
tice, succeed well in geometry, trigonometry, or any merely analytical 
study, or, in short, in any thing that depends on a nice sense of com- 
parison. 

Vert Large. — You are remarkable for your aptitude in compari- 
sons, in tracing similarities and dissimilarities, agreements and dis- 
agreements, harmonies and contrasts. Indeed, to compare one thing 
with another, and to discern between them, to illustrate by compari- 
sons, metaphors, parables, etc., is a passion with you, and one that 
gives its entire tone to your intellect. 



76 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 

HUMAN NATURE or INTUITION. 

Small. — You have but a feeble and unreliable intuitive perception 
of human character. You can not well tell at sight, a fool from a 
rogue, nor a sage from either. You require a very long acquaintance 
with a person, before you could describe his character. Should, by 
all means, study phrenology and physiognomy. 

Moderate. — You are not very apt in reading, nor describing hu- 
man nature. You can tell the stronger, and more obvious traits, but 
not the finer, nicer, and more delicate shades only with the longest 
and most intimate acquaintance, and even then, you would overlook 
many. You are not suspicious of men's motives, but liable to impo- 
sition ; too trusting, and apt to take people to be what they pretend 
to be, yet you occasionally make a correct observation and shrewd 
remark regarding some of your acquaintances. Should study phre- 
nology and physiognomy, and carefully read Shakspeare and others, 
who describe, in a masterly manner, the workings of the human 
soul. 

Full. — You read human nature, men's motives and characters, 
tolerably closely and well, but not remarkably so. You are some- 
times, but not very often, disappointed and deceived in your acquaint- 
ances, and in what you had supposed of strangers, but generally you 
attain correct conclusions. Would profit by studying phrenology and 
physiognomy, and engaging in a business that would throw you much 
into contact with strangers, and by reading carefully the master da- 
guerreotypists of the soul. 

Large. — You are apt to decide, on short acquaintance, as to the char- 
acter of those you meet, and are seldom mistaken in any important 
point. You have an intuitive knowledge of men's motives, and are not 
disposed to accredit them too highly ; are not often deceived in what 
you think even of strangers. You like to study character, and to 
observe what different persons would do, or how they would act, in 
different circumstances; and as to your aquaintances you can gener- 
ally predict, with much accuracy, their course in any given condition. 
You like to draw people out, to discover their weakness, and, perhaps, 
their strength. If a student, you will delight in graphic descriptions 
of character, of strange and peculiar people — the odd geniuses of this 
world ; also in portraits expressive of marked traits. With culture, 
would know human nature thoroughly, and even animal nature, where 
you would have opportunity of observing it, as in the dog, horse, etc. 



AGREEABLENESS. 77 

Large 2d. — In the business, and every day affairs of life, you read 
men closely, and decide at once, and generally correctly, as to their char- 
acters, and are not easily deceived as to their motives, but in determining 
the nicer, finer poetic shades, you are apt to err, from the fact that your 
standpoint is unfavorable. 

Large 3d. — You generally read human character, and human motives 
very correctly and closely, only that you take people to be quite as bad 
as they are ; are rather suspicious and doubting of strangers and strange 
looking, or acting, people. Something of the detective in your nature. 

Very Large. — You take a passionate delight in studying human 
character, its oddities, and peculiarities, on the highways and the by- 
ways of life, its strength and its weakness. You can read men, and 
women too, perhaps, as readily and correctly as a scholar would read a 
book. Would make an excellent physiognomist or phrenologist, with 
appropriate culture. 



AGREEABLENESS. 

Note. — There is probably no such organ as some of the phrenologists see fit to recog- 
nize under this name, but the function which they ascribe to it, may be easily traced 
to another source, and safely described by any skillful examiner, under this head, or 
that of Suavitiveness. 

Small. — You are very abrupt, uncouth, displeasing, and disagreeable 
in your manners. Not at all affable, urbane, nor polite, but awkward, 
and perhaps displeasing where you would wish to be otherwise. 

Moderate. — You are not very agreeable, nor winning in your ways, 
but are rather rough, blunt, unpolished, and awkward in society. Un- 
til you attain more blandness and urbanity of manner, you will never 
gain credit for as much as you are really worth, yet when with a few 
friends, and fully at home, you are sometimes quite agreeable, but not 
generally enough so for your own good. You appear to disadvantage 
from this cause, and hence will be often surpassed by those less worthy. 
Should study books on politeness, courtesy, behavior; mingle with soci- 
ety, and seek to live in a city, and to make yourself agreeable to all. 
Cultivate that which you are apt to disregard, and, perhaps despise, as 
" French politeness," being also careful to avoid affectation. 

Full. — You are generally easy, affable, and agreeable, but not mark- 
edly so ; tolerably polite, particularly where you deem it your interest 
to be so. 

Full 2d. — You seek to be agreeable in manners, polite and pleasing, 



78 DESCRIPTION OF CHARACT 

but there seems to be a barrier between you and the world that you 
can not easily pass ; you find it difficult to draw close to the hearts of 
those around you, particularly so of strangers; you are liable to be mis- 
understood and undervalued ; not very happy in making acquaintances ; 
not at home nor at ease in a crowd ; not winning, not fascinating, but 
at first rather repellant, however much you struggle to the contrary. 
Probably you please most when you try least. 

Large. — You are very urbane, affable, easy, winning, agreeable, 
bland, courteous in manner. You can easily adapt yourself to the soci- 
ety in which you are placed — when in Rome can be a Roman ; can 
easily win your way to the confidence, even of strangers, and can say a 
bitter thing in a way that will not provoke resentment, and can tell 
others even of their faults without offending them. With appropriate 
training and culture, would succeed more than ordinarily well in pro- 
miscuous or refined society. You have fine powers of persuasion ; 
could induce others to do what they would not otherwise have done, to 
buy or to sell, when it is not to their interest to do so. And can, all 
in all, make yourself very agreeable. 

Large Id. — When you wish, you can be very winning and agreeable, 
but you can also, sometimes, be, and indeed you often are, the very op- 
posite of this. Will occasionally, and perhaps sometimes intentionally, 
make yourself really repulsive, when you might be very attractive, and 
persuasive, and suavitive. 

Very Large. — You are remarkable for an easy, winning grace of man- 
ners — an affability that captivates many less gifted in this respect than 
yourself, and that induces friends to pardon in you, what they would 
condemn in others. You have great powers of persuasion, of fascina- 
tion, of coaxing, and winning to your purpose; could lead in refined 
society, or if your general tastes so incline, could succeed in politics, in 
diplomacy, or in any thing requiring a nice adaptability to human na- 
ture. 



DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER. 79 

SUBLIMITY. 

Note. — This is probably but a condition or manifestation of Ideality, under the influ- 
ence of a more passional nature. 

Small. — You remain quite indifferent to, and unmoved by, any vision 
of the sublime and grand ; have but little taste for the wild and weird. 
Are rather a cold, tame, unromantic soul. 

Moderate. — You are not entirely wanting in a regard for the sub- 
lime, the grand, the wild, nor yet are you much affected by it. You are 
not at all romantic in your speeches, expressions, ideas, but you lean 
to the plain, practical, common, and every day view of any subject. 
A thunder-storm is to you little more than a thunder-storm, so much 
rain, so much wind, so much thunder and lightning; — nothing of the 
wild, dark spirit of the storm. You might profit by a residence among 
the mountains, and by learning to love the grandeur and sublimity of 
their scenery, by reading, and learning to appreciate the majestic, wild, 
and grand in literature, as the writings of Milton, " The Fall of the 
House of Usher," by Poe, etc. ; by studying astronomy, and, in short, 
by cultivating a taste for the sublime. 

Full. — You appreciate the sublime, the wild, the grand, but not to 
the highest degree. You enjoy mountain scenery, an extensive pros- 
pect, a thunder-storm, or any thing of the darkly beautiful ; the sublime, 
the magnificent; but you are not greatly moved nor affected by it. 

Large. — You delight in the sublime, the wild, the grand, the majestic, 
as the dark, wild night storm, the pealing of thunder, the foaming 
cataract, the ocean in the tempest, the stir of martial music ; the boom- 
ing of cannon, the marshaling of heavy clouds, the dark-eyed beauty, 
the depth of stormy passion, the moaning of despair, the muttering of 
madness ; in short, in all things weird, wild, solemn, grand, and terrific. 

Large 2d. — You have something of a taste for the sublime, the wild, 
grand, vast, and infinite, but there is a probability of its running into 
the bombastic, the high swelling, what the vulgar would call " the 
highfallutin." Seek to chasten yourself in this, to moderate your ex- 
pressions when speaking of the sublime, lest you carry it to the 
ridiculous. 

Very Large. — Your love of the grand, the wild, the sublime, the 
dark and terrible, amounts to a passion, a phrenzy, perhaps a mania. 
You should restrain it, and cultivate, in its stead, a common-place, 
every-day feeling, a disposition to look at all things in a plain, practi- 
cal light. 



PROFESSIONS, TRADES, ETC, 



You would probably succeed best in the profession, trade, or business 
marked with a dash ( — ), in the following list: 



ACCOUNTANT. 

ACTOR. 

AGENT (General business). 

AGENT (Insurance, Express). 

AGENT (Concert, Lecture, or 

Show business). 
AMBASSADOR. 
ARCHITECT. 
ARTIST. 
ATTORNEY. 
AUCTIONEER. 
AUTHOR. 

BAKER. 

BANKER. 

BARRISTER (Advocate in law). 

BLACKSMITH. 

BOOKBINDER. 

BOOK MERCHANT (or seller). 

BREWER. 

BRICK MASON. 

BROKER. 

BUTCHER. 

CABINETMAKER. 
CAPTAIN (of a steamer, etc.) 
CARPENTER (House). 
CARPENTER (Ship). 
CARRIAGEMAKER. 
CARRIAGE TRIMMER. 
CASHIER (of a bank). 
CHEMIST. 

CLERK (of a hotel or steamer). 
CLOWN (of a circus). 



COLLEGE PROFESSOR. 
COLPORTEUR 
COMEDIAN. 
COMPOSITOR. 
CONDUCTOR (R. R.) 
CONFECTIONER. 
COUNSELOR (at law). 
DAGUERREAN ARTIST. 
DANCING TEACHER. 
DENTIST. 
DIPLOMATIST. 
DRAYMAN. 

EDITOR (Literary). 

EDITOR (Political). 

EDITOR (Scientific). 

ENGINEER (Civil). 

ENGINEER (Mechanical). 

ENGRAVER. 

EXPLORER (of new countries). 

FARMER. 

FINANCIER (General business). 

FINISHER (in machinery). 

FISHERMAN. 

FRUIT GROWER. 

GARDENER. 

GEOGRAPHER. 

GROCER. 

GUARDIAN (of the young). 

HABERDASHER. 

HARNESSMAKER. 

HISTORIAN. 

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PROFESSIONS, TRADES, ETC. 



81 



HORSEMAN. 
HOTEL KEEPER. 
HUNTER. 

INVENTOR. 

INSTRUCTOR. 

JEWELER. 

JUDGE. 

JUROR. 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 

LAWYER. 

LECTURER (Literary & Popular). 

LECTURER (sciences popnlarly). 

LECTURER (before Coll. classes). 

LEGISLATOR. 

LIBRARIAN. 

LIVERY STABLE KEEPER. 

LUMBER DEALER (Merchant). 

LUMBERER (in the woods). 

MACHINIST. 

MANAGER (General business). 
MANUFACTURER. 
MAYOR (of a city). 
MECHANIC (generally). 
MERCHANT (Dry Goods). 
MERCHANT (Hardware). 
MERCHANT (Liquor). 
MERCHANT (Retail). 
MERCHANT (Wholesale), 
MERCHANT (business generally). 
MINISTER (of religion). 

NATURALIST. 
NAVIGATOR. 

ORATOR. 
OVERSEER. 

PAINTER (Historic). 
PAINTER (House and Sign). 



PAINTER (Landscape). 
PAINTER (Portrait). 
PENMAN. 
PHILOSOPHER. 
PHRENOLOGIST (Examiner). 
PHRENOLOGIST (Lecturer). 
PHYSICIAN. 
PILOT. 
POET. 

POLICEMAN. 
POSTMASTER. 
PREACHER. 
PRESIDENT (of a bank). 
PRESIDENT (board of trustees). 
PRESIDENT (of a committee). 
PRESIDENT (of a council). 
PRESIDENT (of a meeting). 
PRESIDENT (of a nation). 
PRESIDENT (of a R. R. Co.) 
PRINTER (Practical). 
PUBLISHER. 
REPORTER. 
SAILOR. 
SALESMAN. 
SALOON KEEPER. 
SCULPTOR. 
SOLDIER, 

SUPERINTENDENT (Schools). 
SUPERINTENDENT (R. R.) 
SURGEON. 
SURVEYOR. 

TAVERN KEEPER. 

TEACHER. 

TRAGEDIAN. 

UNDERTAKER. 
UPHOLSTERER. 

WATCHMAN. 
WATCHMAKER. 






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